The 2025 change
WASD's 2025 Water Quality Report says its three regional plants discontinued adding fluoride on June 6, 2025, to comply with County Resolution R-370-25, approved May 6, 2025, and Florida Senate Bill 700, approved May 15, 2025 and effective July 1, 2025. WASD notes the change does not significantly affect its treatment processes or compliance with water quality standards.
The same report lists the treatment process at each plant, so you can see that fluoride was the only additive that changed.
Why the report still shows a higher number
The 2025 table lists a highest fluoride value from earlier in the year, when fluoride was still being added, alongside the range. The footnote explains that after fluoridation stopped, main-system levels have run about 0.1 to 0.3 ppm because of natural fluoride in the soil and aquifer.
When you compare your own lab result with the report, use the post-June range rather than the highest annual value.
Reducing it further
- Reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap is a common method. See under-sink RO in Miami Lakes.
- Standard carbon filters generally aren't designed for fluoride.
- For any claim, look for certification for fluoride reduction (NSF/ANSI 58 for RO) on the exact model.
Fluoride reduction claims apply only within the filter's rated capacity, so the replacement schedule matters as much as the certification.
What else RO changes
RO also reduces other dissolved minerals and the sodium listed in WASD's report, which is why Living Water's systems add an alkaline stage for taste. It treats only its faucet; showers and laundry stay the same.
If fluoride is your only concern, a single kitchen RO is usually the whole solution.
A neutral note
We don't take sides on fluoride. Whether your family should get fluoride from another source is a question for your dentist, pediatric dentist or doctor. Our role is to tell you what's in the water and what equipment does.
If you want a professional opinion for children now that only natural fluoride remains, your pediatric dentist can tell you whether anything should change.
Wells
A private well's fluoride is whatever the groundwater carries; ask a certified lab to include it. See well water in Miami Lakes. Call, text or WhatsApp (305) 793-5974 for a free test of everything else.
The Florida Department of Health's private well guidance recommends regular lab testing of drinking wells.
Updated 2026-10-17 · Living Waters · Jorge Canela, Water Quality Specialist