Sugarmill Woods S/D

Location
Homosassa, Florida
Serves
13,935
Source
Groundwater
Data
2014-2024

Overview

Sugarmill Woods S/D is a public drinking-water system serving about 13,935 people in Citrus County, Florida.

When EPA last ran its national survey here it found Chlorate, Chromium-6, Strontium, Vanadium, and 3 more. Nobody has been required to look for any of them since.

It serves Homosassa, Homosassa Springs, Lecanto, and Sugarmill Woods.

It uses groundwater as its source.

Contaminants Detected

Not detected, or not looked for 100

PFAS · EPA UCMR5 monitoring

These were genuinely sampled, because EPA required it. Of 29 PFAS “forever chemicals” tested under the UCMR5 program, 0 were detected (shown above) and 29 were not:

11Cl-PF3OUdS, 4:2 FTS, 6:2 FTS, 8:2 FTS, 9Cl-PF3ONS, ADONA, HFPO-DA, NEtFOSAA, NFDHA, NMeFOSAA, PFBA, PFBS, PFDA, PFDoA, PFEESA, PFHpA, PFHpS, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFMBA, PFMPA, PFNA, PFOA, PFOS, PFPeA, PFPeS, PFTA, PFTrDA, PFUnA

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, Barium, 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, 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

What a national survey found, years ago

A utility only reports contaminants that have a federal limit. EPA runs a separate national survey to look for the ones that do not, sampling each system a handful of times and then moving on. These are Sugarmill Woods S/D’s results from those rounds. They are the only public measurements of these substances for this system, and they are between five and twelve years old.

ContaminantHighest readingFound inMeasured
Chlorate280 ug/LEPA reference concentration: 210 ppb8 of 8 samples2014
Chromium-6 (hexavalent chromium)0.8 ug/L40x the California public health goal of 0.02 ppb8 of 8 samples2014
Strontium160 ug/LEPA reference concentration: 1,500 ppb8 of 8 samples2014
Vanadium2.8 ug/LEPA reference concentration: 21 ppb6 of 8 samples2014
HAA6Br (brominated haloacetic acids)0.34 ug/L11.3x the Florida Water Report benchmark of 0.03 ppb2 of 2 samples2019
HAA9 (nine haloacetic acids)0.77 ug/L25.7x the Florida Water Report benchmark of 0.03 ppb2 of 2 samples2019
Manganese0.5 ug/LEPA reference concentration: 300 ppb1 of 4 samples2019

Most of the substances above still have no federal limit, so there is no legal line to compare them against and we do not invent one. Where a health goal is shown it is California’s published figure, the level its health agency considers to carry no significant risk over a lifetime. Where it names EPA the figure is EPA’s own. Where it says our benchmark instead, no government body has published anything at all for that substance, and the figure is this site’s, built on the nearest official source and cited on that contaminant’s own page. It is marked so the difference is never hidden. The reading is what was measured, on the date it was measured. Whether anything has changed since is not knowable from public data, because nobody has been required to look.

How this system treats the water

FDEP records 1 treatment process here, under one heading, at each of this system’s 3 plants.

disinfectionhypochlorination

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 Sugarmill Woods S/D’s violations of the drinking-water rules as recorded by EPA, and what followed them.

0health-based violationsLimit or treatment failures, not paperwork.
0still openAll were closed out.
1enforcement action1 informal, 0 formal.
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.

Or schedule a water consultation.

Data Sources

EPA SDWISSystem identity, source, population, ZIP mapping · PWS FL6091735ret. 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 FL6091735ret. 2026
EPA UCMR 3/4Unregulated contaminant monitoring, sampled 2013-15 and 2018-20ret. 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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