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Xylenes (total)

Systems reporting it
30
People served
251,810
Over the legal limit
0
Legal limit (MCL)
10000 ppb

Overview

Components of gasoline and industrial solvents.

In Florida, Xylenes (total) was found in 30 community water systems serving about 251,810 people. It was measured by 1,559 systems in all, so it was detected in 2% of the systems that tested for it.

The highest reading relative to the limit was at Water Oak Country Club Estates in Lake County, at 2% of it.

Where it comes from: Discharge from petroleum and chemical factories.

The standards

Legal limit (MCL)
10000 ppb

Enforceable. A utility must stay at or under this.

Federal health goal (MCLG)
10000 ppb

Health-based, not enforceable. Often lower than the limit, sometimes zero.

California public health goal
1.8 ppm

California OEHHA PHG (1997). For comparison the legal limit is 10 ppm.

Health effects the EPA associates with it: Nervous system damage.

The health goal is set on health alone. The legal limit is set as close to it as is technically and economically feasible, so treatment cost and available technology are written into the number a utility is measured against. A system at or under the limit is meeting the standard it is required to meet. Both numbers are shown so the distance between them is visible.

What removes it

Activated carbon is the standard treatment, and because the compound is volatile, aeration also strips it out. A whole-house system is worth considering rather than a drinking-tap filter alone, since volatile compounds leave the water during a hot shower.

Treatment guidance describes the methods generally used for this contaminant. What your own tap actually carries depends on your plumbing and your service line as much as on the utility, which is what a test at the house tells you and an annual report cannot.

Where in Florida

CountySystemsOver limit
Marion County49,944 people served4NoneSanta Rosa County49,328 people served1NoneCollier County32,080 people served2NoneCitrus County29,218 people served1NoneLake County27,461 people served3NoneClay County27,001 people served1NoneSumter County25,941 people served1NonePolk County6,502 people served7NonePutnam County1,300 people served1NoneLee County812 people served2NoneWashington County784 people served2NoneCharlotte County450 people served1NonePalm Beach County425 people served1NonePasco County250 people served1NoneOsceola County179 people served1NoneBrevard County135 people served1None

Highest reported levels

Water systemReadingOf limit
Water Oak Country Club EstatesLady Lake · Lake County150 ppb2%Belleview, City ofBelleview · Marion County42 ppb<1%Lake Asbury GridGreen Cove Springs · Clay County6.3 ppb<1%Walk-In-The-Water Lake EstatesLake Wales · Polk County5.1 ppb<1%St. Leo Abbey Water DeptSt Leo · Pasco County5.1 ppb<1%Belleview Oaks EstatesBelleview · Marion County4.7 ppb<1%Bradley Junction, Town ofBradley · Polk County4.3 ppb<1%Tropicana Village SubdivisionBelleview · Marion County4.1 ppb<1%Country ClassLakeland · Polk County3.7 ppb<1%South Shore ResortLake Wales · Polk County3.6 ppb<1%Pace Water System, INC.Pace · Santa Rosa County2.5 ppb<1%Waverly Water SystemLake Wales · Polk County2.3 ppb<1%Montverde Water DepartmentMontverde · Lake County2.1 ppb<1%Citrus CO Utl/Charles A. BlackLecanto · Citrus County2 ppb<1%Melrose WTPMelrose · Putnam County2 ppb<1%East Side ConsolidatedBelleview · Marion County1.9 ppb<1%Carefree Country Club, INC.Winter Haven · Polk County1.8 ppb<1%Paradise Park Condo. Assoc.Punta Gorda · Charlotte County1.7 ppb<1%Sharp's Mobile Home ParkSt Cloud · Osceola County1.5 ppb<1%Wingate Reserve SubdivisionMelbourne Beach · Brevard County1.4 ppb<1%Lake Utility Services INC NorthClermont · Lake County1.2 ppb<1%Caryville, Town ofCaryville · Washington County0.98 ppb<1%Wildwood, City ofWildwood · Sumter County0.88 ppb<1%Babson ParkBabson Park · Polk County0.87 ppb<1%Wausau, Town ofWausau · Washington County0.82 ppb<1%

Showing the 25 highest of 30 systems that reported Xylenes (total).

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Data Sources

EPA SDWISSystem identity, population, countyret. 2026
FDEPFlorida drinking-water chemical monitoringret. 2026
CCREach utility’s own annual reportret. 2026
CA OEHHACalifornia public health goals, the health-based benchmark where one is publishedret. 2026
FWROur own benchmarks, only where no government body has published one, each citing the official source it is built onret. 2026

These figures describe water as delivered by each utility, not what your home’s plumbing adds after it arrives. Informational; not a substitute for testing your own tap.