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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Cape Coral.
Public water-system records for Cape Coral, FL from EPA SDWIS.
Cape Coral, City of
No active drinking-water issues detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 172,693 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
EPA UCMR5 — No PFAS detected in drinking water
Open data source: EPA UCMR5DoD PFAS — No military investigation sites nearby
Open data source: DoD PFASNo health-relevant impaired water body records surfaced within 10 km in EPA ATTAINS.
Data from EPA ATTAINS
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: source records as of Jan 5005
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Lee County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 30-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 30 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
This area meets EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for all criteria pollutants
No nonattainment designations apply to this location.
Cape Coral - Rotary Park
Annual mean: 0.0 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Reported: Mar 2026
Winkler Pump Station — Fort Myers, Florida
Annual mean: 6.7 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Reported: Mar 2026
Annual mean: 12.9 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 150 μg/m³
Reported: Mar 2026
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Plant 155 Cape Coral
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Jun 2026
Reviewed: source query run Jun 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
Active release reports
Reported: Dec 2021
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
Sites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
No recently updated active or intermittent MSHA-regulated sites within 5 miles.
Reviewed: status dates within last 5 years
Data from MSHA
Lee County, FL
Reported: Mar 2026
Lee County is EPA Radon Zone 3 (low potential). EPA defines Zone 3 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels below 2 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Special Flood Hazard Area — 1% annual chance of flooding (100-year floodplain) with base flood elevation.
Risk Management Program facilities handle extremely hazardous substances (e.g., chlorine, ammonia, propane). EPA requires these facilities to plan for worst-case chemical releases.
No facility records with recent chemical accidents surfaced for this property within the last five years.
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Lee County, FloridaPop. 822,453
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 8,204 | 8,299 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 15.2% | 13.3% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 17.3% | 15.5% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 27.9% | 28.3% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 9.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 81.2 | 78.5 | 77.6 |