Is OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR SYS (5 WPS)'s water safe to drink?
OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR 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 206,742 people through 59,069 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
14 total violations and 3 health-based ones put OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR SYS (5 WPS) at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,137 of 12,903.
Against the FL average
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR SYS (5 WPS) carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR SYS (5 WPS)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR 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/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR SYS (5 WPS)'s record does not cover
OCUD/WESTERN REGIONAL WTR 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 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.