Hillsborough County, Florida
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Tampa Water Department has a Water Score of 60 out of 100 (Fair) on our scale. 5 of 33 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 City of Tampa Water Department. EPA record
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026: EPA and Florida DEP data (2018-2025) for Tampa's main utility, the City of Tampa Water Department, list five contaminants above published health guidelines, and EPA lists no health-based violations since July 2021. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
By EPA's service-area maps, the City of Tampa Water Department is the main water system serving Tampa; your water bill names your utility.
Public data, by utility
| Utility | Contaminants above a published health guideline | Health-based violations since July 1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Tampa Water Department | 5 | None recorded |
Contaminants above a published health guideline, by utility
| Contaminant | Published health guideline | Level | Data years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | 0.004 ppb | 0.26 ppb (65x guideline)average of all sampleshighest sample 0.5 ppbdetected in 4 of 5 samples | 2018-2022 |
| Bromodichloromethane | 0.06 ppb | 5.7 ppb (95x)average of all sampleshighest sample 12.8 ppbdetected in 143 of 143 samples |
| 2020-2022 |
| Bromoform | 0.5 ppb | 1.29 ppb (2.6x)average of all sampleshighest sample 4.67 ppbdetected in 79 of 143 samples | 2020-2022 |
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| Chloroform | 0.4 ppb | 9.03 ppb (23x)average of all sampleshighest sample 38.5 ppbdetected in 143 of 143 samples | 2020-2022 |
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| Dibromochloromethane | 0.1 ppb | 3.31 ppb (33x)average of all sampleshighest sample 8.43 ppbdetected in 119 of 143 samples | 2020-2022 |
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Public data from EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP, 2018-2025. Guidelines are California OEHHA public health goals (trihalomethanes, February 2020; arsenic, 2004). It isn't a test of your tap, and your water can differ.
A legal limit is an enforceable standard set by 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. The guidelines used here come from California OEHHA; they are not Florida or federal legal limits and are not enforceable. A utility can meet every legal limit and still be above a published health guideline.
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.
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We don't give a safe or unsafe verdict. Here is what the public data shows: EPA and Florida DEP data (2018-2025) show Tampa's main utility with five 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, the City of Tampa Water Department (EPA water system FL6290327) is the main water system serving Tampa. 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, the City of Tampa Water Department's PFOS and PFOA averages (PFOS 3.39 ppt, detected in 5 of 8 samples; PFOA 1.13 ppt, detected in 2 of 8 samples; average of all samples) are not above 4.0 ppt, the limit in EPA's 2024 PFAS rule. 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 Tampa, 45% of homes were built before 1980 and 13% 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, look up your address in Tampa Water Department's lead service line inventory or test your water.
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