Is PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC's water safe to drink?
PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,307, over 1,945 connections.
How this compares nationally
PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC has 17 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,241th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 67th percentile nationally.
How PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC compares within FL
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC carries 4, not more than typical for the state. 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 PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2022-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
PLACID LAKES UTILITIES, INC'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 17 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.