Is VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 19,672 people through 8,516 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM ranks 5,016th by violation burden (61th percentile) - 21 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM compares within FL
VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM's 3 health-based violations sit within the FL average of 4.5, across 482 systems statewide. 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 VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-01-11 (health-based: 1994-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM'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
VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM'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 21 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.