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Free Rider Fellowship

At a glance

Free Rider Fellowship (PWSID FL6295352) is an active transient non-community water system in Hillsborough County, Florida. It reports serving 200 people through 7 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020.

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

Population served

200

Service connections

7

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDFL6295352
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served200
Service connections7
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyFL state drinking water program
City servedPlant City
StateFlorida
ZIP—
CountyHillsborough County

How does Free Rider Fellowship compare with other water systems in Hillsborough County?

By EPA's size categories, Free Rider Fellowship is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Hillsborough County has 722 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,415 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 1,743,513 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 Free Rider Fellowship is about 39% above 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 Free Rider Fellowship?

EPA lists Free Rider Fellowship 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. 653 of the 722 active systems in Hillsborough County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Free Rider Fellowship have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. The violations listed here began between April 2020 and April 2020. By type: 1 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule and E. coli. EPA lists 2 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2020-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-04-01Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19E. colicode 3014NoResolved

All 2 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.

Free Rider Fellowship: frequently asked questions

Who runs Free Rider Fellowship?

Free Rider Fellowship (PWSID FL6295352) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the FL state drinking water program.

How many people does Free Rider Fellowship serve?

Free Rider Fellowship reports serving 200 people through 7 service connections in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Where does Free Rider Fellowship 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 Free Rider Fellowship have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. 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 Free Rider Fellowship'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 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the FL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Free Rider Fellowship's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Free Rider Fellowship 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 Hillsborough County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
City of Tampa Water DepartmentHillsborough733,886CommunitySurface water
Hcwrd/South-CentralHillsborough515,012CommunityPurchased surface water
Hcwrc/Northwest UtilitiesHillsborough208,982CommunityPurchased surface water
University of South FloridaHillsborough47,586CommunityGroundwater
City of Plant City UtilityHillsborough41,601CommunityGroundwater
City of Temple Terrace UtilityHillsborough31,250CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Free Rider Fellowship, PWSID FL6295352, Florida”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/florida/free-rider-fellowship-fl6295352 (data as of October 1, 2026).