Well Water Treatment in Hillsboro Beach

Town wells vs. a private well

The Florida Department of Health says public water systems are required to test routinely, while private well owners are responsible for making sure their own well water is safe to drink.

Permits in Broward County

Hillsboro Beach is in Broward County, where the Florida Department of Health in Broward County issues permits for wells 12 inches in diameter or smaller, including irrigation wells, before they are built, repaired, modified or abandoned. Only a licensed water well driller may do that work. DOH-Broward's well program number is 954-412-7334. If you are buying a home, permit records are a good way to learn whether the lot has a well and how it was built.

Irrigation wells: the usual case

Many properties irrigate with town water; the town's rate schedule has a separate irrigation category. Where a lot uses its own irrigation well instead, the common complaints are orange staining on walls and walks and a sulfur smell around sprinklers. Treatment can go on the irrigation line alone. Remember that Broward's year-round rules limit landscape watering to two days a week, by address, between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m., which the town posts on its Water Restrictions page. See orange stains in Hillsboro Beach.

If a well supplies drinking water

• Test for bacteria and nitrate with a certified laboratory on a regular schedule, and after flooding or repairs.
• Test for iron, hardness, pH and hydrogen sulfide to design treatment.
• The Florida Department of Health keeps a list of certified and approved water testing laboratories on its private well page.

How a well system is built

There is no standard well package. Depending on results, Living Water may configure sediment filtration, iron and hydrogen sulfide reduction by oxidation and filtration, an ion-exchange softener if hardness is high, and under-sink RO for drinking water. Where a lab finds bacteria, disinfection equipment comes into the picture; compare UV vs. RO for well water. See well water systems.

What Jorge checks at a well

Iron, hardness, pH, dissolved solids and odor, plus pump flow and pressure, and whether the well feeds the house, the sprinklers or both. If a certified lab test should come first, he says so. Call, text or WhatsApp (305) 793-5974. Living Water offers financing through its financing partners; you apply with a credit application, and a co-applicant can apply with you.

Updated 2026-10-17 · Living Waters · Jorge Canela, Water Quality Specialist