Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID FL4061083
What's in Pembroke Pines, FL tap water
3 contaminants in Pembroke Pines, FL's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 8.7x the limit.
- !3 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 8.7x
- !3 open monitoring or reporting violations
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !12 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 15 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
- −2 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −11 core regulated contaminants never reported (12/27)
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)8.7× the federal limit34.7 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 95% of U.S. systems
- PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)3.6× the federal limit14.4 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 95% of U.S. systems
- Chloramine1.1× the federal limit0.6–4.4 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 95% of U.S. systems
- PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)91% of the federal limit9.1 ng/L · limit 10 ng/L
Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.
higher than 75% of U.S. systems
+18 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| HAA5 | 14–28 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| TTHM | 16–29 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| Fluoride | 0.1–0.9 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Nitrite | 0.11 mg/L | 1 mg/L |
| Arsenic | 0.7 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Lead | 0.0006 mg/L | 0.015 mg/L |
| Nitrate | 0.19 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Antimony | 0.09 ug/L | 6 ug/L |
| Copper | 0.01 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Barium | 0.003 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Uranium | 0.03 ug/L | 30 ug/L |
| Sodium | 16.4 mg/L | — |
| PFPeA | 23.900000000000002 ng/L | — |
| PFHpA | 10 ng/L | — |
| PFBS | 9.799999999999999 ng/L | — |
| PFHxA | 18.4 ng/L | — |
| PFBA | 12.200000000000001 ng/L | — |
| 6:2 FTS | 0.0391 µg/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
15 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Pembroke Pines, 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 Pembroke Pines, 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 (8.7×)PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)
● Over EPA limit (3.6×)PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)
● Approaching limit (91%)PFPeA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFHpA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBS
● Detected (no federal limit)PFHxA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBA
● Detected (no federal limit)6:2 FTS
● Detected (no federal limit)Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Pembroke Pines, FL's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 9 sources.
Source
- PEMBROKE PINES · 9
Treatment
- PEMBROKE PINES #1
- PEMBROKE PINES #2
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-based8 violations on record · most recent Apr 2023resolved
- Monitoring & reporting2 violations on record · most recent Aug 20252 open
- Other1 violation on record · most recent Jul 20251 open
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗