Is PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11's water safe to drink?
PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 31,789 people through 10,561 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11 ranks 2,180th by violation burden (83th percentile) - 22 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11 compares within FL
PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11's 9 health-based violations sit above the FL average of 4.5, across 482 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11 is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11'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 this data is and is not
PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11'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. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for PALM BEACH COUNTY SYSTEM 11 - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.