Is SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST's water safe to drink?
SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 272,267 people through 131,292 service connections.
SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST's record against the rest of the country
12 total violations and 1 health-based ones put SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST at the 37th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,074 of 12,903.
Against the FL average
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST's most recent violation on record is dated 2008-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST'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 SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.