MyTapWater.us

PWSID FL6280162

LAKE JOSEPHINE HEIGHTS

Community water system based in New Port Richey, FL

Service area on file with EPA: Sebring · Highlands County. EPA's recorded service area can be incomplete for regional authorities. The cities and counties above are what the utility has filed with EPA; the utility may serve additional areas.

Population served
1,325
Source
Groundwater
Status
Active

At a glance

1 finding worth watching

Risk classification follows EPA's published values for safe drinking water, with caution and concern bands reviewed by a clinician. Past resolved violations do not influence this card. See methodology.

Lead service line inventory

No inventory data on file

We do not yet have this utility's published Lead Service Line Inventory on file. The EPA Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) required every community water system to publish one by October 16, 2024 and to identify and replace any lead lines within 10 years. How lead enters drinking water.

Phase 1 coverage focuses on the largest NC utilities. Smaller systems will be added; in the meantime, ask your utility for their inventory or check their Consumer Confidence Report.

Lead and copper test results

The most recent measurement per contaminant from EPA's Lead and Copper Rule sampling.

Why only lead and copper, and not arsenic, nitrate, or others?

EPA's bulk SDWIS download is the only nationwide per-system sample data they publish, and it only includes the Lead and Copper Rule table. Values for other regulated contaminants (TTHMs, nitrate, arsenic, etc.) appear on this page only when they trigger a violation. For the full per-system contaminant suite, see the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report (link further down the page).

Most recent measurements per contaminant (Lead and Copper Rule) . Sorted by risk: concern first, then caution, then unrated, then safe.
Contaminant Most recent Date Risk
Lead
PB90
 0.001 mg/L December 1, 2024 Caution

Data from EPA SDWIS (Lead and Copper Rule sample table) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Fluoride

Florida no longer adds fluoride to public water

Under Florida SB 700 (Florida Farm Bill), effective July 1, 2025, public water systems in Florida may not add fluoride to drinking water. Systems that previously adjusted fluoride have stopped. The CDC figures on this page are historical and describe fluoridation before the ban; naturally occurring fluoride in source water is unaffected.

Florida Senate, SB 700

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride (pre-ban)

LAKE JOSEPHINE HEIGHTS does not add fluoride; Florida bans adding fluoride to public water statewide.

Under Florida SB 700 (Florida Farm Bill), effective July 1, 2025, no public water system in Florida may add fluoride. CDC's My Water's Fluoride listing below predates the ban and has not been updated for it. Naturally occurring fluoride in the source water is unaffected; the utility's annual water quality report has the latest measured concentration.

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride, listed under LAKE JOSEPHINE HEIGHTS (Highlands County). Verify on CDC's site .

Area context (before the ban)

Highlands County, FL (2020 data)

Community water systems
1 of 27 added fluoride (pre-ban)
Population on fluoridated water
39,631 of 86,258 (45.9%)

Florida statewide (2020 data)

Population on fluoridated water
14,886,493 of 18,952,021 (78.5%)
Community water systems that added fluoride (pre-ban)
300 of 1,597

Data from CDC My Water's Fluoride (per-system status) , last refreshed May 19, 2026.

Data from CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System (state and county aggregates) , last refreshed May 16, 2026.

Compliance history

EPA-recorded violations against this system over the last 5 years.

How to read this section

Health-based violations are when a measured limit was exceeded; the measured concentration is shown alongside the EPA federal limit where SDWIS published it. Monitoring and reporting items are paperwork issues (missed sample dates, late filings) that do not themselves indicate unsafe water.

No health-based violations

No health-based violations on file in the last 5 years. EPA recorded 1 monitoring or reporting item (paperwork) during the same period.

1 monitoring and reporting item (paperwork) , 1 still open · these are not health risks
Monitoring and reporting items in the last 5 years
Period start Relates to Item Status
July 1, 2025 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report Unaddressed

Data from EPA SDWIS (violation records) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Where to see every contaminant this utility tested for

EPA's bulk SDWIS dataset gives MyTapWater.us per-system measured values for lead and copper, plus violation records for everything else. To see every regulated contaminant this utility tested for in the past year (TTHMs, HAA5, nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium, etc.) with measured values, read the utility's Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).

Every community water system is required by EPA to publish a CCR annually, by July 1, listing every contaminant they sampled, the measured value, the federal limit, and any health-based exceedances. Most utilities post the report online; some mail it with your bill.

How to find LAKE JOSEPHINE HEIGHTS's CCR:

Other water systems in Highlands County, FL

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Contact this utility

Public administrative contact information for this water system, as filed with the EPA. Use this to ask about your service line, request your home's lead status, or report a water quality issue.

Administrator
GARY DEREMER
Phone
727-848-8292
Mailing address
4939 CROSS BAYOU BLVD.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34652

Where this page's data comes from

Bundle released 2026-Q2, regenerated May 24, 2026. Each section above also shows its own source date so you can tell at a glance how fresh that part of the page is.

Every value on this page is cross-verified before publication; read our methodology for the verification steps and corrections process.