TAMPA BAY SEAWATER DESALINATION FACILITY
CLEARWATER, FL · 25 people served · EPA PWSID FL6296153
TAMPA BAY SEAWATER DESALINATION FACILITY (CLEARWATER, FL), which serves about 25 people, has recorded 2 health-based drinking-water contaminants in EPA violation records since 2016, most notably Copper, Lead. A certified water filter can reduce these at the tap — see the certified options for each below.
Also on record
Copper
1 violationRecorded as a federal action-level / treatment violation (1 since 2016). Measured 90th-percentile levels are reported separately under the Lead & Copper Rule.
Short-term: nausea/vomiting/cramps; long-term: liver/kidney damage. Leaches from copper plumbing, worse with corrosive water.
Lead
1 violationRecorded as a federal action-level / treatment violation (1 since 2016). Measured 90th-percentile levels are reported separately under the Lead & Copper Rule.
No safe level. Damages developing brain/nervous system in children; linked to lower IQ, kidney and cardiovascular harm in adults. Usually enters water from corroding pipes/solder, not the source.
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Sources & method. Contaminant levels and violations come from EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (health-based violations, 2016–present); PFAS from EPA UCMR5 monitoring (2023–2025). Levels shown are the highest recorded value in the violation records; a violation means the contaminant exceeded its federal limit at the system level. Your home's water can differ from the system average. Public domain data; we are not affiliated with the EPA.