Public water system · FL4560503
ActiveFort Pierce Cottages
At a glance
Fort Pierce Cottages (PWSID FL4560503) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Lucie County, Florida. It reports serving 25 people through 5 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
5
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Fort Pierce Cottages compare with other water systems in St. Lucie County?
By EPA's size categories, Fort Pierce Cottages is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Lucie County has 45 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 7,334 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 330,048 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 Fort Pierce Cottages 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 Fort Pierce Cottages?
EPA lists Fort Pierce Cottages as privately owned. 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. 37 of the 45 active systems in St. Lucie County (82%) are also privately owned.
Does Fort Pierce Cottages have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. The violations listed here began between April 2012 and January 2026. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting and 5 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is E. coli (5 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 3 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Archived |
| 2026-01-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2012-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
The 12 most recent 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.
Fort Pierce Cottages: frequently asked questions
Who runs Fort Pierce Cottages?
Fort Pierce Cottages (PWSID FL4560503) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the FL state drinking water program.
How many people does Fort Pierce Cottages serve?
Fort Pierce Cottages reports serving 25 people through 5 service connections in St. Lucie County, Florida.
Where does Fort Pierce Cottages 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 Fort Pierce Cottages have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. 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 Fort Pierce Cottages' 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the FL state drinking water program.
Where can I find Fort Pierce Cottages' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Fort Pierce Cottages 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 St. Lucie County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port St Lucie Utilities | St. Lucie | 224,485 | Community | Groundwater |
| Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority | St. Lucie | 58,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| St. Lucie West Services District | St. Lucie | 21,400 | Community | Groundwater |
| St Lucie County Util North County System | St. Lucie | 5,073 | Community | Groundwater |
| North Hutchinson Island | St. Lucie | 3,954 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Spanish Lakes Fairways | St. Lucie | 3,120 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “Fort Pierce Cottages, PWSID FL4560503, Florida”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/florida/fort-pierce-cottages-fl4560503 (data as of October 1, 2026).