Gator Wilderness Camp School is a public drinking-water system serving about 44 people in Charlotte County, Florida.
Arsenic was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: skin damage; circulatory problems; may increase the risk of certain cancers.
Dichloromethane was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: liver problems and increased cancer risk.
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.
EPA’s health goal for Arsenic, Dichloromethane, and Lead is zero. There is no amount of them it considers safe to drink.
It serves Punta Gorda.
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.
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.
Measurements are only half the record. These are Gator Wilderness Camp School’s violations of the drinking-water rules as recorded by EPA, 2021 to 2023, and what followed them.
The longest single violation ran 388 days before the system was recorded back in compliance.
A system in violation keeps operating, because cutting off a community’s water is not a remedy anyone wants. That is the point worth understanding: the enforcement record and the water are two different things, and only one of them appears in the annual report you are mailed. What that looks like statewide →
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.