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Earl P. Powers Park

At a glance

Earl P. Powers Park (PWSID FL2010802) is an active transient non-community water system in Alachua County, Florida. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

25

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDFL2010802
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served25
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typeLocal government
Primacy agencyFL state drinking water program
City servedGainesville
StateFlorida
ZIP—
CountyAlachua County

How does Earl P. Powers Park compare with other water systems in Alachua County?

By EPA's size categories, Earl P. Powers Park is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Alachua County has 65 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,482 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 226,317 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Florida, the 5,197 active systems average 4,345 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Earl P. Powers Park is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Florida has 2,777 active transient non-community water systems, 53% of the state's 5,197 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,996 Florida systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Earl P. Powers Park?

EPA lists Earl P. Powers Park as owned by a local government. The FL state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 16 of the 65 active systems in Alachua County (25%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Earl P. Powers Park have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017. The violations listed here began between August 1983 and January 2017. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2017-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2010-02-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2010-01-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
2010-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1988-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1983-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived

All 6 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Earl P. Powers Park: frequently asked questions

Who runs Earl P. Powers Park?

Earl P. Powers Park (PWSID FL2010802) is a transient non-community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the FL state drinking water program.

How many people does Earl P. Powers Park serve?

Earl P. Powers Park reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Alachua County, Florida.

Where does Earl P. Powers Park get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Earl P. Powers Park have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Earl P. Powers Park's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the FL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Earl P. Powers Park's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Earl P. Powers Park is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Alachua County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Gru - Murphree WTPAlachua195,768CommunityGroundwater
Alachua WTPAlachua8,220CommunityGroundwater
High Springs WTPAlachua5,795CommunityGroundwater
Newberry WTPAlachua3,885CommunityGroundwater
Hawthorne WTPAlachua2,275CommunityGroundwater
Archer Water SystemAlachua1,500CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Earl P. Powers Park, PWSID FL2010802, Florida”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/florida/earl-p-powers-park-fl2010802 (data as of October 1, 2026).