Weston · Davie · Southwest Ranches · Miramar · Pembroke Pines
Water filtration and softeners for west Broward homes
Whole-house filtration, softening, reverse osmosis and well water systems, sized to what your water measures. We test first, then tell you what you need.
Five services, sized to your test results
A Weston house on Indian Trace water and a Southwest Ranches house on a private well have almost nothing in common.
Test, recommend, install
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We test at your home
Free, with no obligation. We explain what the results mean for your house.
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We recommend what you need
Sized to your water. If the results say you don't need much, we'll say so.
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We install it
The system the test called for, and nothing it didn't.
See your city's water
These nine cities do not share one water supply. Most draw from the shallow Biscayne Aquifer, Davie treats deep Floridan water by reverse osmosis, and Miramar uses both. Pick yours for the utility, what tested above EWG guidelines, and what that means for equipment.
Weston, FL
Split service
hardness and chloramine taste on municipal supply
Water in Weston →Southwest Ranches, FL
Mostly none. Private wells.
iron, sulfur smell, bacteria, untreated well water
Water in Southwest Ranches →Davie, FL
Town of Davie Utilities, with parts served by the City of Sunrise
split: municipal hardness east, well iron and sulfur west
Water in Davie →Miramar, FL
City of Miramar Utilities Department
chlorine disinfection, and different water east and west
Water in Miramar →Pembroke Pines, FL
City of Pembroke Pines Utilities
hardness, scale on appliances, chloramine taste
Water in Pembroke Pines →Sunrise, FL
City of Sunrise Utilities
hardness and chloramine
Water in Sunrise →Plantation, FL
City of Plantation Utilities
hardness citywide, well issues in Plantation Acres
Water in Plantation →Cooper City, FL
Cooper City Utilities
chlorine taste, plus hardness already reduced at the plant
Water in Cooper City →Parkland, FL
Parkland Utilities, Inc. and others, not the City
fragmented private utilities plus wells on acreage
Water in Parkland →Hard water, chloramine and your filter
Broward's water comes out of the Biscayne Aquifer, shallow limestone that makes it hard before treatment. How hard it is at your tap depends on your utility, and none of them publish the figure, so a softener can only be sized from a test.
Sunrise, Pembroke Pines and Davie disinfect with chloramine, at 2.8 to 3.4 parts per million on average in their latest reports, and Plantation uses chlorine and chloramine. Chloramine is chlorine bonded to ammonia, designed to be much harder to break down so it survives the trip through the distribution system.
Which carbon, and what happens with the wrong one
That stability makes it hard to filter. Standard activated carbon, the kind in most pitcher filters and basic whole-house cartridges, removes chloramine slowly and poorly. Catalytic carbon is processed differently and breaks the bond. It's the correct answer for this county.
If a quote you're comparing says "carbon filter" without saying which kind, ask which one. Equally, if you're in Miramar or Cooper City, where the utility uses plain chlorine, catalytic media may be more than you need.
Sources for these figures USGS · EPA
- USGS: Hardness of Water Classification scale: above 121 mg/L (about 7 grains per gallon) is classed as hard water.
- EPA: Chloramines in Drinking Water Chloramine disinfection, why utilities use it, and how it differs from free chlorine.
- USGS: Groundwater Quality in the Biscayne Aquifer, Florida Biscayne Aquifer is shallow, highly permeable limestone; source of most Broward County groundwater.
Questions we get in Broward kitchens
How hard is the water in Broward County?
Hard, and in most places hard enough to matter. Broward sits on the Biscayne Aquifer, a shallow limestone formation, and water moving through limestone picks up calcium and magnesium. Above 7 grains per gallon is classed as hard. What we cannot tell you from a desk is your number: hardness is not federally regulated, so no utility here publishes it, and several treat with softening, nanofiltration or reverse osmosis that leave very different figures at the tap. That is what the free test measures.
Why does my water taste like chemicals even though it's treated?
Most Broward utilities disinfect with chloramine instead of free chlorine. Sunrise reports 3.4 parts per million, Davie 3.2, Pembroke Pines 2.8. Chloramine is far more stable than chlorine, which is good for keeping the pipes safe and bad for taste, and it means an ordinary carbon filter struggles with it. Two exceptions in our area: Miramar and Cooper City use plain chlorine, which standard carbon removes easily.
Do I need a softener, a filter, or both?
They solve different problems. A softener takes out the calcium and magnesium that scale your water heater and leave spots on the glasses. A carbon filter takes out the chloramine taste and smell. Most Broward homes on city water want both, and a test tells us how to size them.
I'm on a private well. Is this different?
Yes. On a well there's no utility treating anything, so iron, hydrogen sulfide and bacteria are yours to deal with. Most of Southwest Ranches runs on wells, along with western Davie, Plantation Acres and the acreage around Parkland. There's no annual city report to read, so a water test is the only way to size a system.
What does the free water test involve?
We come to your home, test the water at the tap, and explain what the results mean for your house. It's free and there's no obligation. Sometimes the answer is that you don't need much.
Which areas do you serve?
West Broward. Weston, Davie, Southwest Ranches, Miramar and Pembroke Pines are our core, and we also cover Sunrise, Plantation, Cooper City and Parkland.
Find out what's in your water
A free, no-obligation water test at your home, so any recommendation is based on your water.