Alachua County, Florida
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Gainesville Regional Utilities has a Water Score of 100 out of 100 (Strong) on our scale. 0 of 12 detected contaminants are above a published health guideline (2018-2025). EPA compliance: no open violations (July to September 2026 extract); this is public data, not a test of your tap.
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Gainesville Regional Utilities. EPA record
By EPA's service-area maps, Gainesville Regional Utilities is the main water system serving Gainesville; your water bill names your utility. EPA's records list no health-based violations for Gainesville Regional Utilities for compliance periods starting since July 1, 2021. Lead, 90th percentile: 0.7 ppb at the latest result since July 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period January to December 2025). Scored against health guidelines that are stricter than legal limits, using public utility data. Not a test of your tap.
The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Gainesville Regional Utilities (EPA water system FL2010946)
None recorded in EPA SDWIS for compliance periods starting since Jul 1, 2021.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWA bulk extract, July to September 2026).
These are EPA's and Florida DEP's public records for this water system, shown as of October 14, 2026. If you represent this utility, or think a record here is wrong, tell us: Report an error. If the error is in EPA's or Florida DEP's own records, the state drinking water program can correct it there, and this page updates at our next data refresh.
A legal limit is an enforceable standard, set by the EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Limits weigh health research together with the cost and feasibility of treatment. A health guideline is published by public-health sources and based on health research alone. A utility can meet every legal limit and still be above a published health guideline.
Gainesville Regional Utilities is the main water provider for Gainesville. Some addresses can be served by a different system, so check your water bill: it names your utility.
Call (352) 334-3434 or visit https://www.gru.com/My-Home/Products-Services/Water. Billing and outages are handled by the utility, not by ScoreYourWater.
We don't give a safe or unsafe verdict. Here is what the public data shows: EPA and Florida DEP data (2018-2025) show Gainesville's main utility with zero contaminants above published health guidelines, and no health-based violation recorded since July 2021. A guideline and a legal limit are different things, and this is public data, not a test of your tap.
By EPA's service-area maps, Gainesville Regional Utilities (EPA water system FL2010946) is the main water system serving Gainesville. Other water systems may serve some parts of the city. Your water bill names your utility.
Legal limits and health guidelines are set differently. A legal limit weighs health research together with cost and feasibility; a health guideline is based on health research alone. A utility can meet every legal limit and still be above a published guideline.
In the EPA UCMR 5 data we use, PFOS and PFOA were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in any of Gainesville Regional Utilities' 2 samples. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
Test results cover 2018-2025, and EPA compliance records come from the July to September 2026 extract. Data may be one to three years old and may not reflect the water at your tap.
We can't tell for any one home. Lead pipes and lead solder were banned for drinking water in 1986. In Gainesville, 44% of homes were built before 1980 and 6% before 1950 (ACS 5-year 2020–2024, table B25034; the Census groups homes by decade, so 1980 is the closest cutoff to 1986). Older homes are more likely to have lead pipes or solder, but many don't. To check yours, ask Gainesville Regional Utilities about its lead service line inventory or test your water.
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