Water Filtration & Treatment in Lauderdale Lakes

Who supplies your water

Broward County's District 1 Water Service Area map covers Lauderdale Lakes, along with nearby unincorporated neighborhoods such as Broadview Park, Rock Island and North Andrews Gardens. Your bill comes from Broward County Water and Wastewater Services (WWS), and the county's annual Water Quality Report lists District 1 results in the column labeled 1A.

Customer service centers are in Pompano Beach and in neighboring Lauderhill. If your property sits near a city line and your bill comes from a different utility, use that utility's report instead.

The 2025 numbers for District 1

• Chloramine residual: listed as chlorine, 3.8 ppm, with individual results from 1.2 to 4.8. Compliance is judged on the running annual average against the 4.0 limit.
• Disinfection byproducts: HAA5 at 56.1 ppb (limit 60) and TTHM at 54.1 ppb (limit 80), with no violation. These are higher than in the county's other districts.
• Fluoride: 0.845 ppm, from sampling between July 2023 and July 2025.
• Sodium: 35 ppm.
• Lead: 90th percentile of 1.65 ppb, no sites above the action level, and the county's service line inventory found only non-lead lines.

In 2025, the state's source water assessment identified two potential sources of contamination for the 1A system, with low susceptibility.

Chloramine is the headline

Chloramine is what most Lauderdale Lakes residents notice: a chemical taste in a glass of tap water or a pool-like smell in a hot shower. It is deliberately more stable than free chlorine, which is good for the pipes but harder for ordinary carbon filters to handle. That is why the filter choice matters here. See chloramine filters in Lauderdale Lakes.

The county also runs routine free chlorine periods in District 1 to maintain the distribution system. In 2026 the District 1 period was extended to run through September 28. During those weeks the water can smell more strongly of chlorine. Notices are posted on the WWS home page.

Why a city without a plant still has choices

Because the county runs the plant and the pipes, people in Lauderdale Lakes sometimes assume there is nothing to decide at home. In practice, the last stretch is yours: the service line from the meter, the plumbing inside the house, the water heater, and how you want your water to taste and smell. Chloramine is designed to persist all the way to your faucet, so it is still there when you fill a glass. The county's water meets standards; a home system is a choice about comfort and drinking water. The useful first step is a reading at your own tap, compared against the county's numbers, so you can see what you would be paying to change.

PFAS and fluoride

The 2025 report lists PFAS results for 1A from January to March 2025, including PFOA at 0.0078 µg/L and PFOS at 0.02 µg/L, and shows the EPA limits scheduled for 2029 alongside. See PFAS filters in Lauderdale Lakes. On fluoride, Florida's SB 700 took effect July 1, 2025; see fluoride filters.

What fits a Lauderdale Lakes home

• Single-family home: a whole-home city water system for chloramine at every tap, often with under-sink alkaline RO in the kitchen.
• Condo or apartment: under-sink RO, since the building controls the main line.
• Business along State Road 7 or Oakland Park Boulevard: an ion-exchange softening plant where equipment needs scale protection, after testing. See water softeners.
• Property with a well: a system configured from the well's test. See well water in Lauderdale Lakes.

Every Lauderdale Lakes topic, and how to book

Systems: whole-home filtration, water softeners, under-sink RO, best drinking water system, softener vs. filter.

Problems: chlorine and chloramine, rotten-egg smell, orange stains, hard water spots, dry skin after showering, PFAS, fluoride, well water.

Costs: filtration, reverse osmosis, softener. Testing: home water testing.

Call, text or WhatsApp Jorge at (305) 793-5974. He tests at your tap, explains the results in plain words, and recommends a system only if it fits. 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