Is UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA's water safe to drink?
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,285, over 145 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA ranks 6,579th by violation burden (49th percentile) - 9 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA compares within FL
FL's 482 covered systems average 4.5 health-based violations each; UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 2001-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA'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
This is what UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA 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 UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,579th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.