Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID FL2180863
What's in Palm Coast, FL tap water
Only 6 of 27 core regulated contaminants were reported for Palm Coast, FL. What was measured is not clean — but most of the picture is missing.
- !1 contaminant at or above a federal limit — worst is Chlorine at 1.3x
- !6 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 21 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+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.
- −16 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −0 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −20 core regulated contaminants never reported (6/27)
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
- Chlorine1.3× the federal limit0.6–5.1 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
+7 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| HAA5 | 24.14 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| TTHM | 23.35 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| Lead | 1.21 ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| Copper | 0.078 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Barium | 0.0047 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Iron | 0.73 mg/L | — |
| Sodium | 20–69 mg/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
21 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Palm Coast, 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
Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Palm Coast, FL's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 71 sources.
Source
- LW - · 5
- SW-5R · 2
- SW-4R
- LW
- + 62 more
Treatment
- WTP1 LIME SOFTENING
- WTP2
- WTP3 RO
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-based4 violations on record · most recent Jun 1998resolved
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗