Water quality data for 3 public water systems serving Highlands County, Florida — based on EPA SDWIS enforcement records, lead testing results, and health-based violation history.
The majority of water systems have no active violations and lead levels well below the federal action level.
Highlands County: 3 communities across 3 water systems. 100.0% have no open violations.
Highlands County is served by 3 water systems covering 3 communities. No community here has an open violation on record.
Of the communities reporting lead results, 3 recorded a detection, with a median of 3.10 ppb — 21% of the federal action level. 0 reported none detected, which means below the laboratory limit rather than an absence of lead.
1 of 3 communities have PFAS above the limits EPA set in 2024, measured as a running annual average at each sampling point. State inspectors recorded significant deficiencies at 1 of them.