25 people served, water utility, Hillsborough County
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Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) has a Water Score of 60 out of 100 (Fair) on our scale. 5 of 23 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.
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant). EPA record
Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) (EPA water system FL6296139) serves about 25 people and is in Hillsborough County (EPA water system boundaries do not match it to any ZIP code area in our data). It does not buy water from another system, according to EPA SDWA records and supplies water to City of Tampa Water Department, Tampa Bay Water (Morris Bridge Pump Station), Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek), Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg. In EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP data from 2018-2022, 5 of 23 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) → City of Tampa Water Department and Tampa Bay Water (Morris Bridge Pump Station) and Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek) and Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg → customers
5 contaminants above health guidelines (of 23 detected)
Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk
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: 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
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
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
Guideline basis: long-term cancer risk
Bromoform: a disinfection by-product that forms when chlorine reacts with organic matter. California OEHHA set a 0.5 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
| Contaminant | This utility | Legal limit or action level | Health guideline | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | 368 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 570 ppbdetected in 22 of 22 samples | 4,000 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Nitrate | 320 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 490 ppbdetected in 37 of 38 samples | 10,000 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Aluminum | 15 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 55 ppbdetected in 8 of 11 samples | No federal limit | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 11.2 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 20.3 ppbdetected in 23 of 23 samples | 80 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Barium | 9.42 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 15 ppbdetected in 12 of 12 samples | 2,000 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Nitrite | 7.81 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 150 ppbdetected in 3 of 36 samples | 1,000 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 5.98 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 17.7 ppbdetected in 22 of 24 samples | 60 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Trichloroacetic acid | 2.88 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 5.76 ppbdetected in 1 of 2 samples | Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5) | None published | 2020 |
| Dichloroacetic acid | 2.61 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 5.21 ppbdetected in 1 of 2 samples | Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5) | None published | 2020 |
| Selenium | 1.1 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 11 ppbdetected in 1 of 10 samples | 50 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Chromium (total) | 1.04 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 7 ppbdetected in 4 of 10 samples | 100 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Manganese | 0.9 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 3 ppbdetected in 8 of 12 samples | No federal limit | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Dibromoacetic acid | 0.77 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 1.54 ppbdetected in 1 of 2 samples | Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5) | None published | 2020 |
| Radium-226 + Radium-228 | 0.61 pCi/Lsum of the radium-226 and radium-228 averages | 5 pCi/L | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Radium-226 | 0.53 pCi/Laverage of all sampleshighest sample 1.2 pCi/Ldetected in 9 of 12 samples | Counts toward the combined 5 pCi/L limit for radium-226 and radium-228 | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Uranium | 0.47 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 1.49 ppbdetected in 8 of 12 samples | 30 ppb | None published | 2018-2022 |
| Monobromoacetic acid | 0.29 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 0.58 ppbdetected in 1 of 2 samples | Counts toward the 60 ppb limit for haloacetic acids (HAA5) | None published | 2020 |
| Copper | 0.03 ppbaverage of all sampleshighest sample 0.9 ppbdetected in 2 of 35 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 |
EPA water system boundaries do not match Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) to any ZIP code area in our data.
Source: EPA Water System Boundaries overlaid on Census ZIP code areas. Your water bill names your utility.
Source: EPA SDWA records, July to September 2026 extract. Results measured by a supplier are marked with an asterisk.
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).
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.
Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) is the main water provider for Hillsborough County. Some addresses can be served by a different system, so check your water bill: it names your utility.
Call (727) 796-2355 or visit https://www.tampabaywater.org/. Billing and outages are handled by the utility, not by ScoreYourWater.
EPA water system boundaries do not match Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) 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.
Tampa Bay Water (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) does not buy water from another system, according to EPA SDWA records. In this data, City of Tampa Water Department, Tampa Bay Water (Morris Bridge Pump Station), Tampa Bay Water (Cypress Creek), Pinellas County Utilities and City of St. Petersburg buy water from it. (July to September 2026 extract.)
5 of 23 detected contaminants were above their published health guidelines in EPA SDWA, EPA UCMR and Florida DEP data, 2018-2022. The highest: Bromodichloromethane at 56 times its guideline, Dibromochloromethane at 38 times its guideline and Arsenic at 15 times its guideline.
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 (Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant) uses, so we do not say. Your utility can tell you.
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.
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.
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