OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS): EPA violation history, explained

OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 80,738 people through 23,068 service connections.

How this compares nationally

OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS) has 6 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,752th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.

Against the FL average

Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS)'s 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS)'s flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

• Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS)'s record does not cover

OCUD/SOUTHERN WATER SYS (5 WPS)'s numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.