Palm Beach County tap water
10 of 17 water systems serving Palm Beach County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 33 community water systems list this county as served; 16 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 6 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach County Water Utilities | Groundwater | 671,114 | Yes | 1 |
| West Palm Beach Wtp | Surface water | 132,000 | No | 2 |
| Boca Raton Wtp | Groundwater | 130,000 | Yes | 0 |
| Boynton Beach PWS | Groundwater | 112,000 | Yes | 0 |
| Seacoast Utilities Authority | Groundwater | 97,552 | No | 0 |
| Jupiter Public Water System,town of | Groundwater | 94,929 | No | 0 |
| Wellington Wtp | Groundwater | 56,475 | No | 0 |
| Lake Worth Beach Utilities | Purchased surface water | 48,000 | Yes | 0 |
| Riviera Beach Utility District, City of | Groundwater | 46,762 | Yes | 1 |
| Palm Springs, Village of | Groundwater | 32,467 | Yes | 0 |
| Palm Beach County System 11 | Groundwater | 31,789 | No | 0 |
| Tequesta PWS, Village of | Groundwater | 15,500 | Yes | 0 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.