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Jay Bee'S Restaurant

At a glance

Jay Bee'S Restaurant (PWSID FL6532423) is an active transient non-community water system in Polk County, Florida. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2005.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDFL6532423
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served100
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyFL state drinking water program
City servedLake Wales
StateFlorida
ZIP—
CountyPolk County

How does Jay Bee'S Restaurant compare with other water systems in Polk County?

By EPA's size categories, Jay Bee'S Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Polk County has 401 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,677 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 672,540 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 Jay Bee'S Restaurant is about 31% 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 Jay Bee'S Restaurant?

EPA lists Jay Bee'S Restaurant 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. 339 of the 401 active systems in Polk County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Jay Bee'S Restaurant have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2005. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved is Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 1 as archived. 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
2005-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived

The one violation in EPA's records.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.

Jay Bee'S Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Jay Bee'S Restaurant?

Jay Bee'S Restaurant (PWSID FL6532423) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the FL state drinking water program.

How many people does Jay Bee'S Restaurant serve?

Jay Bee'S Restaurant reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Polk County, Florida.

Where does Jay Bee'S Restaurant 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 Jay Bee'S Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2005. 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 Jay Bee'S Restaurant'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2005. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the FL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Jay Bee'S Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Jay Bee'S Restaurant 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 Polk County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Lakeland, City ofPolk193,297CommunityGroundwater
Winter Haven Water DepartmentPolk87,537CommunityGroundwater
NortheastPolk60,557CommunityGroundwater
Southwest/Polk County UtilityPolk39,209CommunityGroundwater
Auburndale, City ofPolk35,239CommunityGroundwater
Haines City, City ofPolk30,545CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Jay Bee'S Restaurant, PWSID FL6532423, Florida”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/florida/jay-bee-s-restaurant-fl6532423 (data as of October 1, 2026).