Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in The Villages. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved July 2026, The Villages is served by 12 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 140,776 people.
As of July 2026, EPA records show 49 violations across the community water system(s) serving The Villages, going back to the earliest EPA record. 5 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Little Sumter Utilities 3wps
25,538 served · groundwater · PWSID FL6604862
Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in November 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
South Sumter Utilities
24,278 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3600009
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Csu Wtp No. 1
19,699 served · groundwater · PWSID FL6605038
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Villages Of Lake-Sumter - Wtps 1, 3, ; 5
18,675 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3350942
Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2004 and July 2005. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Village Of Pine Ridge (Consec)
3,914 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3600007
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Middleton Utilities
1,554 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3600016
Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Gibson Place Utilities
1,287 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3600015
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Pinewood Village Mhp
250 served · groundwater · PWSID FL3050873
Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in February 2025. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times between April 2015 and April 2016. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in February 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2019 and December 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2019 and December 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between January 2017 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between January 2017 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 9 times between July 2005 and July 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2016 and January 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between August 2015 and July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Desert Village Rv & Mobile Home Park
223 served · groundwater · PWSID NM3553205
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
St Williams Mobile Home Park
82 served · groundwater · PWSID NM3500217
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Lassen Mobile Home Park
62 served · groundwater · PWSID CA1800524
As of July 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved July 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.