Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID FL4060290
What's in Coral Springs, FL tap water
Only 9 of 27 core regulated contaminants were reported for Coral Springs, FL. What was measured is not clean — but most of the picture is missing.
- !3 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 4.0x
- !2 open monitoring or reporting violations
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !9 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 18 never appear in this report
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −60 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −4 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −6 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −16 core regulated contaminants never reported (9/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)4.0× the federal limit15.9 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 80% of U.S. systems
- PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)1.3× the federal limit5 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, liver damage, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 70% of U.S. systems
- HAA51.0× the federal limit0.29–61 ug/L · limit 60 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is associated with an increased cancer risk.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- Chlorine95% of the federal limit0.8–3.8 mg/L · limit 4 mg/L
Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
+14 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 27–57 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid) | 4.2 ng/L | 10 ng/L |
| Fluoride | 0.592 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Combined Radium | 0.6 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L |
| Arsenic | 0.236 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Nitrate | 0.108 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Chromium | 0.484 ug/L | 100 ug/L |
| Barium | 0.00649 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Nickel | 0.271 ug/L | — |
| Sodium | 29.5 mg/L | — |
| PFBA | 5.3 ng/L | — |
| PFPeA | 6.8999999999999995 ng/L | — |
| PFHxA | 5.1000000000000005 ng/L | — |
| PFBS | 4.8999999999999995 ng/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
18 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Coral Springs, FL's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
PFAS — EPA UCMR5 (2023–2025)
2 PFAS compounds above EPA limits in Coral Springs, FL
The EPA finalized the first-ever federal drinking-water limits for six PFAS compounds in April 2024. These numbers come straight from EPA's UCMR5 lab dataset — every U.S. system serving more than 3,300 people tested every PFAS sample at an entry point to its distribution system. PFAS not listed below were either tested and not detected, or not yet sampled.
PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)
● Over EPA limit (4.0×)PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)
● Over EPA limit (1.3×)PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)
● Below limitPFBA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFPeA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFHxA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBS
● Detected (no federal limit)Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Coral Springs, FL's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 19 sources.
Source
- CORAL SPRINGS WELL NO. · 13
- CS · 6
Treatment
- CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OF
Distribution
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.
- Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based1 violation on record · most recent Oct 2008resolved
- Other1 violation on record · most recent Jul 20251 open
- Monitoring & reporting1 violation on record · most recent Jan 20211 open
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗