Water Filtration & Treatment in Pompano Beach

First, check who sends your bill

Pompano Beach is one of the cities where the address alone does not tell you your water provider. The city's water page puts it plainly: Pompano Beach water customers call 954-786-4637, and Broward County water customers call 954-831-3250. The city also publishes a map of the service areas.

Pompano Beach Utilities also supplies Lighthouse Point and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, so its report covers all three communities. Everything below refers to the city system unless noted.

Where Pompano Beach water comes from

The city's 2025 report says the source is the Biscayne Aquifer, a limestone formation that runs from a few feet to roughly 200 feet below the surface. Water is pumped at two wellfield sites and piped to treatment. A Florida DEP source water assessment from 2021 looked at 24 wells and identified 38 potential sources of contamination nearby, ranging from low to high susceptibility. Those ratings describe nearby activities such as dry cleaners and gas stations, not test results, and the city monitors the source water itself quarterly.

Two plants: lime softening and membrane softening

The City of Pompano Beach runs two water treatment plants. One uses traditional lime softening and the other membrane filtration. Water is softened, filtered, adjusted for corrosion control and disinfected before it enters about 270 miles of city water lines.

Softening at the plant is why the city's own FAQ lists typical hardness at 1 to 2 grains. That changes the conversation many Pompano Beach homeowners expect to have: a large salt-based softener is rarely the first answer on city water. See hard water spots and water softeners for where one still makes sense.

The city is also planning to expand its newer membrane plant to replace the aging lime softening plant, a project its PFAS page ties to future federal PFAS rules. More on that at PFAS in Pompano Beach.

Chloramine is the taste most people notice

The 2025 report lists chlorine and chloramines at a highest running annual average of 3.36 ppm, with individual samples from 0.61 to 4.0 ppm, against a maximum residual level of 4.0. Chloramine (chlorine combined with ammonia) lasts longer in the pipes than plain chlorine, which is the point, and it is also what people taste in a glass of tap water or smell in a hot shower. The city's crews occasionally run free chlorine treatments in the distribution system as routine maintenance, so the taste can shift for a few weeks.

Filtering chloramine takes the right media and enough contact time. That is the main job of a whole-home city water system, and the reason chloramine filters deserve their own page.

Other numbers from the 2025 report

• Fluoride: 0.59 ppm in a February 2025 sample. Florida law ended the addition of fluoride to public water on July 1, 2025; see fluoride filters.
• Sodium: 24.9 ppm.
• Disinfection byproducts: TTHM 28.9 ppb and HAA5 20.6 ppb, under limits of 80 and 60.
• Lead and copper: 2023 tap sampling showed a lead 90th percentile of 1.1 ppb with no site over the action level, and the city says it has no utility-owned lead service lines. Its online map shows the material on both the city and private side of your line.

In 2025 Pompano Beach Utilities also won the Florida Section AWWA Region VI Best Tasting Drinking Water award with a perfect score, which tells you the treated water starts out well. Home treatment is about personal preference and specific concerns, not fixing bad water.

Reuse water, irrigation and outdoor stains

Pompano Beach runs OASIS, a reuse system that delivers highly treated wastewater for lawn irrigation, so many yards here are watered with reclaimed water rather than drinking water. The city notes reuse water carries more nitrogen and phosphorus than drinking water. Other properties irrigate from private wells, and well water is a common cause of orange stains on walls and walks. See iron stains and well water treatment.

What usually fits, and every Pompano Beach topic

• Single-family home on city water: whole-home chloramine filtration, often with under-sink alkaline RO for drinking water.
• Condo or beachside apartment: under-sink RO, since whole-home equipment needs space and building approval.
• Restaurant, hotel, laundry or car wash: an ion-exchange softening plant only if testing shows equipment needs it.
• Private well: a well water system configured from the well's test.

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. 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