Is Lee County Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

5

health-based violations

8

violations on file

0

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-09-01 → 2021-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-06-01 → 1997-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-04-01 → 2006-04-30

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0131 µg/L	4/12	2023
PFBS	0.0051 µg/L	4/12	2023
Pfpea	0.0080 µg/L	4/12	2023
Pfhpa	0.0031 µg/L	3/12	2023
Pfhxa	0.0054 µg/L	3/12	2023
PFOA	0.0042 µg/L	1/12	2023
PFOS	0.0059 µg/L	1/12	2023

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	34.93 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 70.4 µg/L	268/268	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	24.76 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	262/272	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1087.9 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1462 µg/L	80/98	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	94.25 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 124 µg/L	42/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	630 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 820 µg/L	40/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0011 mg/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2023
Barium	23.755 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 30.5 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	3.7 µg/L 7.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	17/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.31 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	14/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.2 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	14/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	7.375 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	10/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	1.56 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	9/13	SYR4	2014–2019
Styrene	1.2 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	7/23	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4-D	0.3375 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3800 µg/L	6/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	4.32 µg/L 72% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	5/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.1269 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1300 µg/L	3/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	0.1975 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	0.1980 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1-Dichloroethylene	0.1975 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 7 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	0.2910 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2-Dichloroethane	0.0993 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2-Dichloropropane	0.1948 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Antimony, Total	1 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Benzene	0.0991 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Beryllium, Total	0.3000 µg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Chlorobenzene	0.1380 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1400 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Cadmium	0.3000 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Carbon Tetrachloride	0.1955 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloromethane	0.2000 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Dalapon	0.9585 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 0.9900 µg/L	2/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.5000 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.1000 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Methoxychlor	0.0764 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 40 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0800 µg/L	2/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.0683 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0700 µg/L	2/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	0.1760 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1800 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Thallium, Total	0.3000 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Toluene	0.0898 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0900 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroethylene	0.1965 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Vinyl Chloride	0.2930 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.0993 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.0900 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
O-Dichlorobenzene	0.1570 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 600 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1600 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
P-Dichlorobenzene	0.1965 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 75 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.1945 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2000 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	0.0023 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4,5-TP	0.0590 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.0220 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Bhc-Gamma	0.0024 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Carbofuran	0.2500 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 40 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Chlordane	0.0017 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate	0.5900 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 400 µg/L	1/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Dinoseb	0.1500 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 7 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Diquat	0.4000 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 20 µg/L	1/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylene Dibromide	0.0024 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 0.0500 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Endothall	6.3 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Endrin	0.0022 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Glyphosate	5 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Hexachlorobenzene	0.0400 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 1 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Heptachlor	0.0063 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 0.4000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Heptachlor Epoxide	0.0017 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.0410 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Lasso	0.0330 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Oxamyl	0.3700 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Pentachlorophenol	0.0380 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 1 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Picloram	0.0760 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 500 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	0.0460 µg/L 9.2% of the EPA limit 0.5000 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Toxaphene	0.0580 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019

Utility contact

Contact: PAM KEYES
Phone: 239-533-8181

Frequently asked questions about Lee County Utilities

Is Lee County Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 74 contaminants in Lee County Utilities's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Lee County Utilities's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Nitrate, Nitrite, Fluoride, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Lee County Utilities serve?

Lee County Utilities reports serving 282,556 people in Florida, per its EPA record.

Has Lee County Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 8 violations on file for Lee County Utilities, of which 5 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.