Community Water System · PWSID FL4501229

Riviera Beach Utility District, City of

Serves 46,762 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentRiviera Beach, Florida
Nothing open that measures the water, but 7 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2007: 149 violations. 17 over the limit · 122 missed or late tests · 10 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

17Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
122Missed or late test5 open
10Notice or report2 open

More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in Florida. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052007 · Missed or late test: 120102012 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Over the limit: 22013 · Missed or late test: 172013 · Missed or late test: 172013 · Missed or late test: 172013 · Missed or late test: 172013 · Missed or late test: 172013 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Over the limit: 22014 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Missed or late test: 172014 · Missed or late test: 172015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Notice or report: 220152016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Missed or late test: 282016 · Notice or report: 22017 · Over the limit: 22017 · Missed or late test: 82017 · Missed or late test: 82017 · Missed or late test: 82017 · Notice or report: 22018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Notice or report: 12019 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Missed or late test: 22020 · Notice or report: 120202023 · Over the limit: 12023 · Missed or late test: 42023 · Missed or late test: 42023 · Notice or report: 22024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72025
One square ≈ 3 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
11% over the limit · 1782% missed or late test · 1227% notice or report · 10

Across Florida, 85% of violations are missed or late tests and 5% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2.4 ppb
2.1 ppb
0.4 ppb

Open now (7)

  1. 2023-12-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  2. 2023-06-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2023-06-01E. Coli ×3Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  4. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTOpen
  5. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  2. 2024-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-06-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2024-03-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-12-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  9. 2023-06-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  10. 2023-06-01E. Coli ×3Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  11. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTOpen
  12. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2020-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  14. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2020-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2019-04-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  17. 2018-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  18. 2018-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 89.60 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  21. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2018-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 74.90 UG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2018-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  24. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 274.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2018-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
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  1. 2018-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2018-03-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  3. 2018-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  4. 2018-02-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  5. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  6. 2018-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  8. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 167.55 UG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2018-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2018-01-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  11. 2018-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  12. 2017-12-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  13. 2017-11-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  14. 2017-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  15. 2017-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  16. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 138.53 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2017-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  19. 2017-09-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  20. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 123.33 UG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2017-07-01E. Coli ×2Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  22. 2017-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  23. 2016-08-01E. Coli ×6Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  24. 2016-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  25. 2016-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  26. 2016-07-01E. Coli ×2Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  27. 2016-06-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  28. 2016-05-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  29. 2016-03-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  30. 2016-02-01E. Coli ×10Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  31. 2016-02-01Coliform (TCR) ×2MCL, Monthly (TCR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  32. 2016-02-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  33. 2016-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2016-01-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  35. 2016-01-01E. Coli ×4Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  36. 2016-01-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  37. 2015-08-01E. Coli ×2Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  38. 2015-08-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  39. 2015-06-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  40. 2015-04-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  41. 2015-04-01E. Coli ×8Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  42. 2015-04-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  43. 2015-04-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  44. 2015-03-01E. Coli ×7Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  45. 2015-03-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  46. 2015-03-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  47. 2015-01-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  48. 2015-01-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  49. 2014-09-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  50. 2014-09-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  51. 2014-08-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  52. 2014-07-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  53. 2014-06-01E. Coli ×5Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  54. 2014-04-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  55. 2014-04-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  56. 2014-02-01E. Coli ×4Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  57. 2014-02-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  58. 2014-02-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  59. 2014-01-01E. Coli ×2Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  60. 2013-12-01E. Coli ×8Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  61. 2013-12-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  62. 2013-11-01E. Coli ×3Monitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  63. 2013-11-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  64. 2013-11-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  65. 2013-10-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)Back in compliance
  66. 2013-10-01E. ColiFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
  67. 2013-09-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)Back in compliance
  68. 2013-06-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR)Back in compliance
  69. 2013-06-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  70. 2012-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  71. 2007-10-02Dbp Stage 2Monitoring, Routine (IDSE)Back in compliance

System details

Population served46,762
Service connections13,562
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityRiviera Beach
EPA ZIP on file33404

Areas served

  • Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County

Reading this record

Riviera Beach Utility District, City of is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 46,762 people in Riviera Beach, Florida. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.