Home Water Testing in Sunrise

Find your report first

The city's Water Quality Report page links three 2025 reports, one each for the Springtree, Sawgrass and Southwest service areas, and a service area map to find yours. Things to look at:

• Treatment: lime softening (Springtree, Southwest) or membrane softening plus ion exchange (Sawgrass).
• Chloramines: the 2025 highest running annual averages were 3.3 to 3.5 ppm across the areas, under the 4.0 maximum.
• Fluoride and sodium: listed in the inorganic table.
• Violations column: the Y/N column for each result.

Questions: Utilities Department, (954) 888-6000.

What the in-home test covers

Jorge checks the things that decide which system, if any, fits:

• Hardness, for spotting, scale and whether a softener is justified.
• Chlorine or chloramine residual.
• Total dissolved solids, useful when considering RO.
• pH, and anything you have noticed: smell, color, stains.

See what happens during a home water assessment.

Lead: Sunrise's own testing program

The city's water page explains that water leaving its plants has no detectable lead, and that the concern is lead solder used to join copper pipes in indoor plumbing, a method widely used in South Florida from 1983 to June 1988. Since 2011 the city has run a Lead and Copper Testing Program for single-family homes, with account credits for participating customers. If your home was plumbed in that era and you want a documented lead result, use the city program or a state-certified lab. An in-home screening is not a substitute.

When to use a certified lab

For lead, bacteria, PFAS or anything you need on paper, use a lab certified by the state. Florida DEP keeps a searchable list of certified laboratories. Private well owners in particular should test with a lab; see well water treatment in Sunrise and home screening vs. lab analysis.

Time your test sensibly

Avoid testing during the city's spring free-chlorine period (April 27 to May 25 in 2026) if you want a normal reading, because the disinfectant is different those weeks.

What you get after the visit

You get the readings, an explanation of what each one means for taste, odor and scale, and, only if something fits, a recommendation with an itemized quote. If nothing is needed, Jorge will tell you that. Bring your questions about the city report; he will go through your service area's numbers with you.

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