Berrydale Water System is a public drinking-water system serving about 2,800 people in Santa Rosa County, Florida.
Lead was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: in infants and children: delays in physical or mental development; in adults: kidney problems and high blood pressure.
Benzene was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: anemia, a decrease in blood platelets, and increased cancer risk.
EPA’s health goal for Lead and Benzene is zero. There is no amount of them it considers safe to drink.
It serves Milton.
It uses groundwater as its source.
Regulated contaminants · no result on record
Federally regulated contaminants with no reading on record for this system. A missing reading can mean the sample came back clean, or that nobody was required to take one. The published data does not say which, and smaller systems monitor many of these only once every few years:
FDEP records 3 treatment processes here, under 2 headings, at each of this system’s 4 plants.
From FDEP’s treatment facility report, 2023. It lists what each plant is equipped to do, which is not the same as what any single process removes on a given day, and treatment happens before the water reaches your service line or your own plumbing. FDEP counts plants separately even where they stand on one site and run at the same time, and their output mixes in the distribution system. A count here says how many of this system’s plants include a step, not which homes receive it.
We measure what is actually coming out of your taps - hardness, iron, pH, TDS, PFAS, and whatever your own plumbing adds - the things a utility report can never show.
We walk you through exactly what is there and what it affects: your skin, your pipes, your appliances, and the taste. Measured at your tap, not at the plant.
Based on your results, we recommend the treatment that fits your water - a softener, reverse osmosis, or whole-home filtration - and nothing you do not need.
These figures describe the water your utility delivers, drawn from public federal and state records - not our own lab samples, and not what your home’s plumbing adds after the water arrives. Informational; not a substitute for testing your own tap.