Water Filtration & Treatment in Wellington

How Wellington's water is made

Unlike many Palm Beach County communities, Wellington does not buy its water from a neighbor or from the county. The village's own utility runs the whole chain:

The lime softening side reduces hardness, color and alkalinity with controlled chemical additions. The membrane side pushes pressurized raw water through a semi-permeable membrane. Because the two are blended, your tap water reflects both.

A plant in the middle of a change

Wellington is moving its plant toward all-membrane treatment. Its PFAS page describes a Membrane Master Plan, a phased plan to replace all lime softening with nanofiltration, and its 2025 Water Quality Report says 5.4 million gallons per day of new membrane capacity has been built since 2020, with more projects planned. The village also says it is investing in its sodium hypochlorite disinfection system.

For a homeowner, that means the water coming out of your tap in a few years may not be identical to today's. It is one more reason Living Water does not sell from a script: Jorge tests what is actually at your tap now, and a good recommendation should still make sense as the plant evolves.

Numbers worth knowing from the 2025 report

• Chloramine: highest running annual average 3.17 parts per million, individual samples from 0.21 to 4.4, against a maximum residual level of 4.0. See chloramine filters in Wellington.
• Fluoride: feeding stopped on June 19, 2025, under Senate Bill 700. The raw water carries about 0.19 ppm of natural fluoride. See fluoride filters.
• Sodium: 37 ppm (sampled January 2023).
• Disinfection byproducts: TTHM at 36.9 ppb and HAA5 at 17.3 ppb (highest locational running averages), under limits of 80 and 60.
• Lead and copper: 90th percentile results of 1.7 ppb lead and 0.045 ppm copper, below action levels.
• PFAS: Wellington lists its voluntary quarterly PFAS results in the report. See PFAS filters in Wellington.

The full tables are in the village's 2025 Water Quality Report chart.

What residents notice at home

Wellington's own Maintain Water Quality page lists the complaints its staff hear most: odor, color, particles, mold, and a reddish color near drains or at the bottom of shower curtains. It explains that many of these start inside the house, in guest baths that sit unused, in fixtures that never fully dry, or in water heaters. The village also notes that some treatment chemicals can leave a slight tint you only see in a white tub or a pool.

Outside, some properties irrigate from their own wells, which is a separate source from the utility. That is where orange stains and sulfur smells usually come from.

What fits a Wellington home

• Single-family home on village water: a whole-home city water system for chloramine at every tap, often paired with under-sink alkaline RO in the kitchen.
• Townhome or apartment: under-sink RO for drinking and cooking water.
• Barn, ranch or property on a private well: a well water system configured from the well's test.
• Restaurant, school, gym or office: an ion-exchange softening plant only where a test shows equipment needs scale protection. See water softeners in Wellington.

Every Wellington topic

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

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

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

How to book

Call, text or WhatsApp Jorge at (305) 793-5974. He tests at your tap, explains the numbers in plain words next to the village's report, and recommends a system only if it fits. If nothing is needed, he says so. 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