Public water system record
Lake Worth Beach Utilities
Serves Lake Worth Beach and Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL · 48,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Lake Worth Beach Utilities 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
- 5
Key facts
- Lake Worth Beach Utilities draws water from 18 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Florida, March 2011.
- Record on file since 2001, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 5,652 unknown out of 14,722 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.
|
|
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.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2010 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
Full record since 2001
EPA's records for Lake Worth Beach Utilities go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Enforcement actions
Florida regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Lake Worth Beach Utilities in 2011. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2011.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2011 | Florida | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Lake Worth Beach Utilities draws water from 18 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from West Palm Beach WTP. It also has an interim connection to Palm Beach County Water Utilities. 2 other community water systems buy water from Lake Worth Beach Utilities.
Buys water from
- West Palm Beach WTP West Palm Beach, FL
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Palm Beach County Water Utilities West Palm Beach, FL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Hypoluxo Village Lake Clarke Shores, FL
- Seminole Manor Subdivision Town of Lake Clark Shores, FL
Annual water quality report
Lake Worth Beach Utilities 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