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Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc

Serves an area of Highlands County, FL that includes Lake Placid · 3,307 people served

Federal records show 4 health-based violations and 12 monitoring/reporting issues for Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • FL6280223
  • LAKE PLACID
  • FL
  • 3,307 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 33852
EPA system ID FL6280223

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
4
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
12

Key facts

  • Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc draws water from 3 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 89.52 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2022.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Florida, November 2018.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,265 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 89.52 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 86.4 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 82.23 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 60.63 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 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
 Mar 1, 2024 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Florida regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 19, 2018 Florida Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Placid Lakes Utilities, Inc 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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