SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 39,209, over 14,104 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY ranks 7,760th by violation burden (40th percentile) - 23 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the FL average
Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1991-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY'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 SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY's record does not cover
This is what SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY 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 SOUTHWEST/POLK COUNTY UTILITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,760th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.