Is Port St. Joe, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Gulf

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.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-04-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-04-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-04-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-04-01 → 2010-06-30

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	109.175 µg/L 136% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 128.3 µg/L	214/214	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	62.345 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 71.1 µg/L	214/214	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0018 mg/L 12% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2023
Fluoride	46 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	10/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	21.95 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 23 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	32 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	1.76 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dalapon	2.82 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	5/12	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4-D	0.4615 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4800 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2014–2019
Combined Uranium	0.8717 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 0.8940 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.1000 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4,5-TP	0.1000 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2014–2017
Arsenic	0.7000 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	2.7 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.3000 pCi/L 2% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Mercury	0.1000 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	23 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	0.3700 µg/L 74% of the EPA limit 0.5000 µg/L	1/10	SYR4	2014–2018
Xylenes, Total	0.7600 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/12	SYR4	2012–2019

82 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JIM ANDERSON
Phone: 850-229-8261

Frequently asked questions about Port St. Joe, City of

Is Port St. Joe, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Port St. Joe, City of'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 Port St. Joe, City of's water?

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

How many people does Port St. Joe, City of serve?

Port St. Joe, City of reports serving 13,848 people in Florida, per its EPA record.

Has Port St. Joe, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 74 violations on file for Port St. Joe, City of, of which 63 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.