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City of Homestead

Serves Homestead, Miami-Dade County, FL · 80,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Homestead in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • FL4130645
  • HOMESTEAD
  • FL
  • 80,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 33030
EPA system ID FL4130645

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
17

Key facts

  • City of Homestead draws water from 7 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 2008.
  • Record on file since 1984, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 10,736 unknown out of 25,912 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2023 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 May 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 2, 2007 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1984

EPA's records for City of Homestead go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 3 2
2000s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 14

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 1994, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Homestead in 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2008.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 5, 2008 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Homestead draws water from 7 wells. It also buys water from Mdwasa - Main System. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from City of Homestead.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Homestead must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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