Water Filtration & Treatment in Miramar

Miramar runs its own water utility

Miramar does not buy its water from the county. The City of Miramar owns and operates two water treatment plants, and its 2024 Water Quality Report (published June 2025) explains that both plants receive groundwater from production wells in two aquifers:

• The Biscayne Aquifer, a porous zone recharged mainly by rainfall and surface water, roughly 60 to 150 feet below Miramar's ground surface.
• The Floridan Aquifer, a deeper, more confined aquifer, with water withdrawn at about 1,350 feet below ground.

Drawing from both is unusual among South Florida cities, many of which rely on the Biscayne Aquifer alone. Questions about your account or the report go to customer service at 954-602-HELP (4357). The report is also published in Spanish and Haitian Creole at miramarfl.gov/waterquality.

Which plant serves your street

The city splits service roughly along Palm Avenue:

The city lists the East plant at nearly six million gallons a day and the West plant at nearly 11.5 million gallons a day. The 2024 report adds that a new 2.5 million-gallon-a-day reverse osmosis train was under construction at the West plant, and two new Floridan raw water wells were in design there.

Both processes are membrane treatment, which removes minerals as well as particles. That is one reason a water softener is rarely the first thing a Miramar home on city water needs. Test first.

Chlorine, not chloramine, per the city's report

Miramar's report says the water is disinfected by chlorination and lists a chlorine residual averaging 2.14 parts per million in 2024, with a range of 1.93 to 2.26, below the 4.0 limit. When the East plant was converted to nanofiltration, the city notified residents of a transition from chloramine to free chlorine, and removed the plant's old ammonia and fluoride feed systems.

That matters if you moved here from a city that uses chloramine: the taste and the filter media that handle it best are a bit different. Living Water describes its Puronics whole-home systems as removing chlorine and chloramine. See chlorine and chloramine filters in Miramar.

Fluoride and other recent changes

The City of Miramar stopped adding fluoride on July 1, 2025, following Florida's Senate Bill 700. The 2024 report, sampled before that date, listed fluoride at 0.67 parts per million, so expect the next report to look different. The same report lists sodium at 28.8 parts per million and iron, a secondary (aesthetic) standard, with a highest result of 0.326 against a guideline of 0.3. More on fluoride filters and iron and rust stains.

Wells are still part of the picture

Not every Miramar property started on city water. In Country Club Ranches, the city's multi-phase water main project has brought municipal water to more than 200 residents in its first two phases, with more phases planned along private roads. The city notes that private wells are unregulated and that owners are responsible for testing them, and that a well can be kept for non-potable uses with a proper backflow device.

Irrigation wells are also common in South Florida yards, and they are a frequent cause of orange stains on walls and driveways. See well water treatment in Miramar.

What fits a Miramar home

• Townhome, condo or apartment: under-sink alkaline RO for drinking and cooking water.
• Single-family home on city water: a whole-home city water system for chlorine taste and odor at every tap, often paired with RO in the kitchen.
• Home on a private well: a well water system configured from that well's test.
• Restaurant, gym, laundry or office: an ion-exchange softening plant where equipment needs scale protection. See water softeners in Miramar.

All Miramar topics, plus the free test

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

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

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

To book, call, text or WhatsApp Jorge at (305) 793-5974. He tests at your tap, explains each result in plain words, and recommends a system only if it fits. Living Water also 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