Drinking water quality · 2017

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What's in Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL tap water

1 contaminants were measured in the Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL water system's 2017 annual report. Each is shown below against its federal limit.

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Reporting year
2017
Contaminants measured
1
Over federal limit
0
Approaching the limit
0
Service area
FL
state-level CCR
Source
Utility CCR
All within federal limits. Every measured contaminant in this report is below its federal threshold.

PFAS — EPA UCMR5 (2023–2025)

2 PFAS compounds above EPA limits in Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL

About this data

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×)
Measured 20 ng/LEPA limit 4 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)

● Over EPA limit (2.3×)
Measured 9 ng/LEPA limit 4 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)

● Below limit
Measured 6.4 ng/LEPA limit 10 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFHxA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 6.5 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFBS

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 6.1 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFPeA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 7.7 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

6:2 FTS

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 0.013 µg/LSample year 2024Samples 1 detect / 4

PFHpA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 3.1 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 2 detect / 4

PFBA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 5 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 1 detect / 4
PWSID FL4504393 · Source: EPA UCMR5. Limits per EPA's April 2024 PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation. PFAS values reported in nanograms per liter (ng/L) — note that 1 ng/L = 1 part per trillion.

Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS

Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 142 sources.

Source

142ground water
  • WELL · 114
  • SYSTEM 3 · 4
  • WRONGLY ENTERED · 2
  • WELL 9W-2R
  • + 21 more

Treatment

11treatment plants
  • SYSTEM 2
  • SYSTEM 3
  • SYSTEM 8
  • + 8 more

Distribution

0storage units

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-based
    1 violation on record · most recent Dec 2023
    resolved

Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗

Metals

ContaminantMeasuredStatus
LeadA toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.0.002 mg/L90th percentileAt the tapWithin the limit
Source: Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's 2017 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required to publish. The numbers on this page are the utility's own. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.

People also ask about Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's water

+Is Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL tap water safe to drink in 2017?

Every one of the 1 contaminants measured in Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's 2017 Consumer Confidence Report is below its federal limit. "Safe" under the EPA's drinking-water standards is health-based, not aesthetic — but by those standards, no measured contaminant in this report exceeds its enforceable threshold. Individual health concerns (e.g. immunocompromised, infant, pregnancy) may warrant additional filtering regardless of compliance.

+What contaminants are in Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL tap water?

1 contaminants were measured in Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's 2017 Consumer Confidence Report, spanning metals. 1 have an enforceable federal limit; the rest are detected but unregulated. Every measured value, in the utility's own units, is on this page.

+Where does the data on this page come from?

Every value is transcribed from Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's 2017 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. public water utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived and viewable on this site. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.

+How often is Syr4 — Palm Beach County Water Utilities (2017), FL's water quality data updated?

Each U.S. public water utility publishes one Consumer Confidence Report per year, covering the prior calendar year's measurements. This page reflects the 2017 report; a new report will replace it once the utility publishes its next annual update.

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