Who is my water provider in Pasco County?

Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) is the main water provider for Pasco County. Some addresses can be served by a different system, so check your water bill: it names your utility.

How do I contact Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)?

Call (727) 796-2355 or visit https://www.tampabaywater.org/. Billing and outages are handled by the utility, not by ScoreYourWater.

Which ZIP codes does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) serve?

EPA water system boundaries do not match Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) to any ZIP code area in our data. Your water bill names your utility. Source: EPA Water System Boundaries (CWS service area boundaries) v3.0, March 2026 release.

Does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) buy water from another system, or sell water to others?

Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) buys water from Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant). In this data, Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg buy water from it. (July to September 2026 extract.)

How many contaminants in Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)'s water are above published health guidelines?

5 of 24 detected contaminants were above their published health guidelines in EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP data, 2018-2022. The highest: Arsenic at 49 times its guideline, Bromodichloromethane at 49 times its guideline and Dibromochloromethane at 27 times its guideline.

What is chloramine, and does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) use it?

Chloramine is a disinfectant made by combining chlorine and ammonia. Some water systems use it in place of free chlorine. The public data used on this site (EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP data) does not record which disinfectant Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) uses, so we do not say. Your utility can tell you.

How is the Water Score for Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) calculated?

The score starts at 100. It goes down 8 for each contaminant above a cited health guideline whose source states a cancer basis, 5 for each other contaminant above its cited guideline, 5 for each of PFOA and PFOS averaging above the 4.0 ppt limit in EPA's 2024 PFAS rule, 10 for each contaminant whose average of all samples is above EPA's legal limit (instead of its guideline step), and 1 for each contaminant with a cited cancer-based guideline that is detected below it. Only guidelines with a cited document count. The lowest score is 5. Higher is better. For this report: 100 minus 8 times 5 is 60, so the score is 60.

What is the difference between a health guideline and a legal limit?

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.

EPA water system FL6512230

Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) water: quality report, contact and service area

25 people served, water utility, Pasco County

Data updated October 24, 2026

About Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)

Serves: Pasco County
Phone: (727) 796-2355
Official website: tampabaywater.org
Latest water quality report: 2025

Billing, service and outages are handled by the utility at its official website above. ScoreYourWater is not your water company and never handles water billing.

Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) has a Water Score of 60 out of 100 (Fair) on our scale. 5 of 24 detected contaminants are above a published health guideline (2018-2022). EPA compliance: no open violations (July to September 2026 extract); this is public data, not a test of your tap.

Does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) use chloramine?

EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek). EPA record

Systems whose EPA records list chloramines

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Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) (EPA water system FL6512230) serves about 25 people and is in Pasco County (EPA water system boundaries do not match it to any ZIP code area in our data). It buys water from Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) and supplies water to Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg. In EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP data from 2018-2022, 5 of 24 detected contaminants are above published health guidelines, for a Water Score of 60 (Fair). Scored against health guidelines that are stricter than legal limits, using public utility data. Not a test of your tap.

Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) → Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) → Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg → customers

Water Score: 60Fair
Above guideline: 5 of 24detected contaminants, 2018-2022
ZIP codes: 0not matched to a ZIP code area
EPA compliance: No open violationshealth-based, July to September 2026 extract

What was found in Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)'s water

5 contaminants above health guidelines (of 24 detected)

Above published health guidelines (5)

Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk

Arsenic

Far above guideline

49×the health guideline

This utility: 0.2 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 1 ppbdetected in 22 of 32 samples
Legal limit: 10 ppb
Health guideline: 0.004 ppb

Arsenic: a natural element that enters water from rock and soil deposits and from some orchard and industrial runoff. California OEHHA set a 0.004 ppb public health goal in 2004 to limit lung and bladder cancer risk; EPA's enforceable limit is 10 ppb (in effect since 2006). Source: California OEHHA

Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk

Bromodichloromethane

Far above guideline

49×the health guideline

This utility: 2.93 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 4.5 ppbdetected in 15 of 15 samples
Legal limit: Counts toward the 80 ppb limit for total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb

Bromodichloromethane: a disinfection by-product that forms when chlorine reacts with organic matter. California OEHHA set a 0.06 ppb public health goal to limit long-term cancer risk. Source: California OEHHA

Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk

Dibromochloromethane

Far above guideline

27×the health guideline

This utility: 2.67 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 4.98 ppbdetected in 16 of 16 samples
Legal limit: Counts toward the 80 ppb limit for total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb

Dibromochloromethane: a disinfection by-product that forms when chlorine reacts with organic matter. California OEHHA set a 0.1 ppb public health goal in 2020 to limit long-term cancer risk; it also counts toward EPA's 80 ppb limit for total trihalomethanes. Source: California OEHHA

Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk

Chloroform

Far above guideline

16×the health guideline

This utility: 6.45 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 10.4 ppbdetected in 15 of 15 samples
Legal limit: Counts toward the 80 ppb limit for total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb

Chloroform: a disinfection by-product that forms when chlorine reacts with organic matter. California OEHHA set a 0.4 ppb public health goal in 2020 to limit long-term cancer risk; it also counts toward EPA's 80 ppb limit for total trihalomethanes. Source: California OEHHA

Sources

EPA ECHO detailed facility report: Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) (FL6512230), July to September 2026 extract
EPA Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3, 4 and 5), 2015-2026
Florida DEP drinking water chemical sample results, 2018-2022
U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and counties (cartographic boundaries), 2020 vintage

Contaminant	This utility	Legal limit or action level	Health guideline	Years
Fluoride	239 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 400 ppbdetected in 81 of 81 samples	4,000 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Nitrate	196 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 688 ppbdetected in 140 of 144 samples	10,000 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Nitrite	31.2 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 510 ppbdetected in 27 of 142 samples	1,000 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Aluminum	31 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 140 ppbdetected in 32 of 36 samples	No federal limit	None published	2018-2022
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)	16.3 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 32.7 ppbdetected in 151 of 151 samples	80 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Barium	12.4 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 18 ppbdetected in 39 of 39 samples	2,000 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)	9.48 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 28.5 ppbdetected in 149 of 150 samples	60 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Dichloroacetic acid	2.52 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 4.14 ppbdetected in 16 of 16 samples	Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5)	None published	2020-2022
Trichloroacetic acid	2.33 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 5.89 ppbdetected in 14 of 15 samples	Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5)	None published	2020
Manganese	1.76 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 4 ppbdetected in 33 of 41 samples	No federal limit	None published	2018-2022
Radium-226 + Radium-228	1.15 pCi/Lsum of the radium-226 and radium-228 averages	5 pCi/L	None published	2018-2022
Dibromoacetic acid	1.1 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 2.71 ppbdetected in 14 of 15 samples	Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5)	None published	2020
Radium-226	0.91 pCi/Laverage of all sampleshighest sample 2.1 pCi/Ldetected in 35 of 39 samples	Counts toward the combined 5 pCi/L limit for radium-226 and radium-228	None published	2018-2022
Chromium (total)	0.78 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 6 ppbdetected in 15 of 33 samples	100 ppb	None published	2018-2021
Gross alpha	0.6 pCi/Laverage of all sampleshighest sample 0.6 pCi/Ldetected in 1 of 1 sample	15 pCi/L	None published	2022
Monobromoacetic acid	0.53 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 0.98 ppbdetected in 14 of 16 samples	Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5)	None published	2020-2022
Uranium	0.4 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 1.4 ppbdetected in 32 of 40 samples	30 ppb	None published	2018-2022
Copper	0.27 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 17.5 ppbdetected in 9 of 112 samplesMeasured where water enters the distribution system, not at the tap. EPA's action level applies to tap samples.	1,300 ppb (EPA action level, 90th percentile)	None published	2018-2022
Selenium	0.03 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 0.6 ppbdetected in 2 of 32 samples	50 ppb	None published	2018-2021

Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) water: quality report, contact and service area

About Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)

Does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) use chloramine?

What was found in Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)'s water

Above published health guidelines (5)

Arsenic

Bromodichloromethane

Dibromochloromethane

Chloroform

Sources

Bromoform

Other contaminants detected (19)

ZIP codes Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) serves

Purchased water

Health-based violations in the last 5 years (EPA SDWIS)

A legal limit and a health guideline are different

Questions people ask

Who is my water provider in Pasco County?

How do I contact Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)?

Which ZIP codes does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) serve?

Does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) buy water from another system, or sell water to others?

How many contaminants in Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek)'s water are above published health guidelines?

What is chloramine, and does Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) use it?

How is the Water Score for Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) calculated?

What is the difference between a health guideline and a legal limit?

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