Public water system record
City of Tampa Water Department
Serves Tampa, East Lake-Orient Park, Palm River-Clair Mel and 6 more places, Hillsborough County, FL · 733,886 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Tampa Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- City of Tampa Water Department draws water from 29 wells and 7 surface water intakes (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Florida, November 2006.
- Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 27,375 unknown out of 167,260 service lines.
Check whether City of Tampa Water Department serves your address
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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 2006
EPA's records for City of Tampa Water Department go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
Florida regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Tampa Water Department and issued 1 boil water order between 1997 and 2006. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2006 | Florida | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 14, 1997 | Florida | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
City of Tampa Water Department draws water from 29 wells and 7 surface water intakes (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Tampa Bay Water Morris Bridge Pump Stati and Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant. 9 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from City of Tampa Water Department. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Tampa Water Department.
Buys water from
- Tampa Bay Water Morris Bridge Pump Stati Clearwater, FL
- Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant Clearwater, FL
Community systems that buy water from it
- Cypress Cay Preserve Master Association Tampa, FL
- Fgua / Macdill Tampa, FL
- HCWRC/Northwest Utilities Tampa, FL
- HCWRC/Pebble Creek Subdivision Tampa, FL
- HCWRD/Eastlake Tampa, FL
- HCWRD/Fairview MHP Tampa, FL
- HCWRD/Hershel Heights Tampa, FL
- HCWRD/Seaboard Utilities Tampa, FL
- Promenade Subdivision Lutz, FL
Annual water quality report
City of Tampa Water Department 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