POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 23,792 people through 9,151 service connections.
POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has 18 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,057th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 61th percentile nationally.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
This is what POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,057th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.