Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID FL4060642
What's in Hollywood, FL tap water
3 contaminants in Hollywood, FL's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 5.0x the limit.
- !3 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 5.0x
- !3 open monitoring or reporting violations
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !10 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 17 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
- −9 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −14 core regulated contaminants never reported (10/27)
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)5.0× the federal limit20 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 85% of U.S. systems
- PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)1.5× the federal limit6 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 80% of U.S. systems
- TTHM1.4× the federal limit6.6–111.6 ug/L · limit 80 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is linked to liver, kidney, and central-nervous-system effects and increased cancer risk.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- Chloramine80% of the federal limit1–3.2 mg/L · limit 4 mg/L
Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
higher than 70% of U.S. systems
+14 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| HAA5 | 6–46.1 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid) | 3.8 ng/L | 10 ng/L |
| Lead | 0.0035 mg/L | 0.015 mg/L |
| Fluoride | 0.72 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Arsenic | 0.9 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Copper | 0.083 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Nitrate | 0.078 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Barium | 0.0051 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Sodium | 27.9 mg/L | — |
| PFHxA | 4.7 ng/L | — |
| PFBS | 5.8999999999999995 ng/L | — |
| PFBA | 5 ng/L | — |
| PFPeA | 6.7 ng/L | — |
| 6:2 FTS | 0.0084 µg/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
17 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Hollywood, 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 Hollywood, 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 (5.0×)PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)
● Over EPA limit (1.5×)PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)
● Below limitPFHxA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBS
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFPeA
● Detected (no federal limit)6:2 FTS
● Detected (no federal limit)Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Hollywood, FL's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 55 sources.
Source
- HOLLYWOOD · 29
- WELL · 17
- WELL F2
- WELL F3
- + 7 more
Treatment
- HOLLYWOOD PLANT-LIME SOFTENING
- MEMBRANE SOFTENING
- REVERSE OSMOSIS
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.
- Monitoring & reporting2 violations on record · most recent Dec 20252 open
- Other1 violation on record · most recent Jul 20251 open
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗