WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 87,537 people through 33,798 service connections.
WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
32 total violations and 3 health-based ones put WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,899 of 12,903.
Against the FL average
Among the 482 FL systems in this dataset, the average is 4.5 health-based violations - WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT'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); Revised Total Coliform 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 WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT'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 32 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.