Public water system record
Delray Beach Public Water System
Serves Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, FL · 69,754 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 15 monitoring/reporting issues for Delray Beach Public Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 15
Key facts
- Delray Beach Public Water System draws water from 33 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Florida, June 1996.
- Record on file since 2001, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 308 unknown out of 22,734 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Active |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 2001
EPA's records for Delray Beach Public Water System go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 2014, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Florida regulators issued 7 boil water orders to Delray Beach Public Water System in 1996. The most recent was a boil water order in June 1996.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Mar 20, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Feb 26, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jan 20, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jan 16, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jan 10, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jan 2, 1996 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Delray Beach Public Water System draws water from 33 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Delray Beach Public Water System.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Town of Gulfstream Gulfstream, FL
Annual water quality report
Delray Beach Public Water System 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Florida.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells