Water Filtration & Treatment in Loxahatchee Groves

Two kinds of homes in one town

Water treatment in Loxahatchee Groves splits cleanly in two, and the right advice depends on which side your property falls on.

If you get a PBCWUD water bill, you are on county water. If you don't, the house almost certainly runs on a well.

What the Town's own planning documents say

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves adopted comprehensive plan amendments in 2024. The supporting data and analysis states that a majority of the Town does not have central potable water service and relies primarily on domestic self-supply wells drawing from the surficial aquifer. The same document notes that PBCWUD holds exclusive rights to operate a potable water distribution system in the Town under a 2009 franchise and service area agreement, and that property owners near the existing mains may request a connection with the permission of the Town Council.

Palm Beach County's 2020 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, quoted in that analysis, projected about 774 residents served by PBCWUD in 2025 against about 2,980 self-served. In plain words: in this town, the well is the norm.

Private wells: the owner is the water utility

Nobody treats or tests a private well for you. The Florida Department of Health recommends testing private wells at least once a year for bacteria and nitrate, and again after flooding or well repairs. Shallow surficial-aquifer water in western Palm Beach County commonly brings things you can see and smell: orange staining, a rotten-egg odor, white scale. Those are what most Loxahatchee Groves owners call about.

Living Water's well water system is configured from your well's test, not from a catalog. Start with well water treatment in Loxahatchee Groves.

County water along the main roads

Homes and businesses on PBCWUD mains get water from the utility's Eastern Region. Its 2025 Water Quality Report says the eastern source is the Biscayne Aquifer at roughly 150 feet, treated at one of four plants, then disinfected with chloramine (chlorine plus ammonia). Twice a year the utility switches to chlorine only for pipe maintenance, and you may notice a stronger chlorine smell during those weeks. The 2025 report lists zero water quality violations.

On county water, home treatment is about taste, odor and comfort: see chloramine filters and whole-home filtration.

Canals, drainage and irrigation

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District, a dependent district of the Town created in 1917, maintains about 30 miles of canals across roughly 8,000 acres for drainage and flood control. Many properties also run separate irrigation wells. Irrigation water is untreated and is a frequent cause of orange streaks on fences, barns and walls. That is a different problem from your drinking water, covered in orange and rust stains.

What fits a Loxahatchee Groves property

• Home on a private well: a well water system built from the test, often iron and sulfur removal, softening where hardness calls for it, and carbon, plus under-sink alkaline RO for drinking water.
• Home on PBCWUD water: a whole-home city water system for chloramine, or simply RO at the kitchen sink.
• Barn, nursery or business: an ion-exchange softening plant or filtration sized to the use, after testing. See water softeners.

Every Loxahatchee Groves topic

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

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

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

Call, text or WhatsApp Jorge at (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