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Hosford, Town of Water System

Location
Bristol, Florida
Serves
1,272
Source
Groundwater
Data
2024

Overview

Hosford, Town of Water System is a public drinking-water system serving about 1,272 people in Liberty 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.

HAA5 (Haloacetic Acids) was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: may increase the risk of cancer.

TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes) was detected in this system’s water. EPA states its health effects: may increase the risk of cancer; liver, kidney, or central nervous system effects.

EPA’s health goal for Lead is zero. There is no amount of it it considers safe to drink.

It serves Bristol.

It uses groundwater as its source.

Contaminants Detected

Not detected, or not looked for 71

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:

1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), 2,4-D, Alachlor, Antimony, Arsenic, Asbestos, Atrazine, Benzene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Beryllium, Beta particle & photon emitters, Bromate, Cadmium, Carbofuran, Carbon tetrachloride, Chlordane, Chlorite, Chlorobenzene (monochlorobenzene), Chromium (total), Combined radium (Ra-226 & Ra-228), Cyanide, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Dibromochloropropane (DBCP), Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Dinoseb, Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), Diquat, Endothall, Endrin, Ethylbenzene, Ethylene dibromide (EDB), Fluoride, Glyphosate, Gross alpha particle activity, Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, Hexachlorobenzene, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Lindane, Mercury (inorganic), Methoxychlor, Nickel, Nitrate, Nitrite, Oxamyl (Vydate), Pentachlorophenol, Picloram, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Selenium, Simazine, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Thallium, Toluene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Uranium, Vinyl chloride, Xylenes (total), cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

How this system treats the water

FDEP records 2 treatment processes here, under one heading, at each of this system’s 4 plants.

disinfectiongaseous chlorination, at 3 of 4 plants; hypochlorination, at 1 of 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.

What happened when this system broke the rules

Measurements are only half the record. These are Hosford, Town of Water System’s violations of the drinking-water rules as recorded by EPA, 2022, and what followed them.

2health-based violationsLimit or treatment failures, not paperwork.
2still openNo return-to-compliance date on record.
0enforcement actionsNothing on record.
0carried a penaltyNo fine was ever assessed.

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 →

The Solution

01

Get your water tested

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.

02

See your real results

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.

03

Get recommendations

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.

Know when your water changes

We will email you when new readings, violations or health goals land for your system.

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Data Sources

EPA SDWISSystem identity, source, population, ZIP mapping · PWS FL1390901ret. 2026
EPA UCMR 5PFAS measured occurrence (2023–25)ret. 2026
2024 CCRRegulated contaminants - the utility’s own reportret. 2026
FDEPFlorida drinking-water chemical monitoring - additional regulated analytesret. 2026
EPA SDWISViolation and enforcement history for PWS FL1390901ret. 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 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.

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