Florida Public Health Tracking System

Safe, clean drinking water is essential to life. In Florida, about 80% of its residents are provided with drinking water by public water systems. Public water systems are regulated by the Federal and State Safe Drinking Water Acts. The other 20% receive their water from private wells. If your water is provided by a public water system, the state of Florida and EPA regulates the levels of pollutants in your drinking water system, however they do not regulate private wells. Some of the chemicals that are monitored in public water systems include arsenic, disinfection byproducts (or DBP’s), nitrates and lead.

All public water systems in Florida are required to perform routine testing to ensure that they meet state drinking water standards, private well owners are responsible for ensuring that their own well water is safe to drink. If a public water system has a chemical violation it is required to be reported to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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