Well Water Treatment in Miami Gardens

Two kinds of wells

• Irrigation wells feed sprinklers only. They are not connected to the house plumbing. Iron stains and sulfur odor are the usual complaints.
• Private drinking-water wells supply the home itself. They are rare in a fully served city like Miami Gardens, but they exist on some older or larger lots. Here the owner is responsible for water quality.

If you are not sure which you have, look for a separate pump and pressure tank and check whether you also receive a city water bill.

The groundwater under Miami Gardens

The same aquifers that feed the utilities sit under private wells. NMB Water's 2025 report describes the Biscayne Aquifer as porous limestone roughly 10 to 200 feet below ground that recharges with rain, and the Floridan Aquifer at around 1,250 feet as brackish. Utility wells reach both; a typical home well is far shallower. The utilities treat that water heavily before delivery. A home well does not get any of that treatment.

What Florida DOH recommends for drinking wells

The Florida Department of Health says the state has no requirement for routine sampling of private home wells, so testing is up to the owner. It recommends testing for coliform bacteria and nitrates every year and, for most homeowners, lead every three years. Your county health department can explain how to collect samples and submit them to a certified lab.

Jorge's free test covers practical treatment parameters like iron, hardness, pH and sulfur. It complements a lab test; it does not replace it.

How a well system is configured

Living Water's well water system is built from the well's test. Depending on results, stages may include:

• Sediment filtration.
• Iron and sulfur removal by oxidation and filtration, or aeration.
• Softening for hardness.
• Disinfection, such as UV, if the lab test calls for it.
• Under-sink RO for drinking water.

See UV vs. RO for well water.

Irrigation well rules in Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade's year-round landscape irrigation restrictions apply to private wells as well as utility water: odd-numbered addresses water Wednesday and Saturday, even-numbered addresses Thursday and Sunday, and only before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Treating irrigation water for iron does not change those rules.

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Call, text or WhatsApp Jorge at (305) 793-5974. He can test the well and the city tap in the same visit.

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