Water treatment in Davie, Florida
Davie gets city water from two utilities, the Town and the City of Sunrise, and parts of western Davie run on private wells.
- Water provider
- Town of Davie Utilities, with parts served by the City of Sunrise
- Serves
- 26,000 people
- Above EWG guideline
- 5 of 17 detected
- Private wells
- high in western Davie
Figures from the EWG Tap Water Database. Davie Town of #3 & #5 meets federal drinking water standards; EWG's guidelines are stricter.
Book a free Davie water testWhat stands out in Davie water
Davie Town of #3 & #5 meets federal drinking water standards. The figures below compare its reported results against the Environmental Working Group's health guidelines, which are set on health alone and are stricter than the federal limits, because those also weigh treatment cost and feasibility.
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17 times
Haloacetic acids
Chlorination byproducts · 0.993 ppb measured, against a guideline of 0.06 ppb
What takes it out
EPA lists granular activated carbon as effective on disinfection byproduct precursors and synthetic organic compounds, and reverse osmosis on synthetic organic chemicals.
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15 times
Radium
Radioactive elements · 0.73 pCi/L measured, against a guideline of 0.05 pCi/L
What takes it out
A softener removes radium. EPA lists radium under CATION exchange, the same process that removes hardness, alongside barium and strontium. A softener sized for the house handles it as a side effect of the job it was already bought to do. Reverse osmosis also removes radionuclides at the tap.
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13 times
Arsenic
Metals and minerals · 0.0500 ppb measured, against a guideline of 0.004 ppb
What takes it out
EPA lists arsenic under ANION exchange, not the cation exchange a water softener uses. A softener will not touch it. Reverse osmosis is the residential treatment, so this one calls for a drinking water system at the tap.
Between them, whole-house water filtration, under-sink reverse osmosis and water softening systems cover everything above. Davie Town of #3 & #5 has 2 further results above EWG guidelines, all still within federal limits.
Most of Davie is on city water, from either the Town of Davie Utilities or the City of Sunrise. Out toward Southwest Ranches, parts of western Davie are on private wells, where iron and sulfur are the usual problems instead of chloramine.
Which supply are you on?
According to the City of Sunrise, it serves the part of Davie west of University Drive, north of Sheridan Road and south of State Road 84. The Town of Davie serves most of the rest. Your water bill names your utility, and no bill means a private well.
On the municipal side
On the Town's system, the usual Broward picture: hard water and chloramine, at 3.2 parts per million on average in the Town's latest report. Sunrise's water averages 3.4. A softener sized from a hardness reading, plus catalytic carbon for the chloramine, is the usual setup.
Davie's older neighborhoods have older plumbing than Weston's, and on a house built before the 1980s the pipes are worth checking before adding equipment to them.
On the well side
Iron, hydrogen sulfide, hardness and bacteria, the same set as Southwest Ranches next door. Treatment runs in sequence: sediment, then iron and sulfur, then softening, then UV, then reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap for drinking.
Order is what people get wrong. Each stage protects the one after it, and skipping one damages the next.
Forest Ridge, Shenandoah, Pine Island Ridge, the Griffin Road corridor
Davie has a lot of agricultural and equestrian land, and properties with barns and paddocks often run irrigation off a separate well even when the house is on city water. Those two supplies need different handling, so tell whoever quotes you which one the equipment is for.
What we install in Davie
- Whole-house water filtration Catalytic carbon at the main line, for the chloramine taste at every tap.
- Water softening systems Sized from the hardness measured at your tap, since no utility here reports it.
- Under-sink reverse osmosis Drinking water at the kitchen tap, with PFAS, nitrates and dissolved solids taken out.
- Well water purification Sediment, iron, sulfur, hardness and bacteria, treated in the right order.
- Free water testing A free, no-obligation test at your home, so the recommendation fits your water.
Sources sunrisefl.gov · EWG · Broward County · EPA
- Town of Davie Utilities, with parts served by the City of Sunrise: official source Water provider and service area details for this city.
- EWG Tap Water Database: Davie Town of #3 & #5 Contaminant levels reported to state and federal regulators. Retrieved September 2, 2026
- Broward County Water & Wastewater Services County water operations and source aquifer. Note that hardness is federally unregulated and is not published by Broward County or by any utility on this site.
- EPA: Overview of Drinking Water Treatment Technologies What each treatment technology removes. Cation exchange: hardness plus barium, radium and strontium. Anion exchange: arsenic, chromium-6, cyanide, nitrate, perchlorate, PFAS, sulfate, uranium. GAC: taste- and odour-producing compounds, natural organic matter, VOCs, synthetic organic compounds and disinfection byproduct precursors. Reverse osmosis: many inorganics, dissolved solids, radionuclides and synthetic organic chemicals. Retrieved September 20, 2026
Davie water questions
Is Davie on well water or city water?
Both, depending where you are. The City of Sunrise serves part of Davie and the Town serves most of the rest, and parts of western Davie are on private wells. If you receive a water bill you're on municipal supply.
My water smells like rotten eggs. What is it?
Hydrogen sulfide, almost certainly, which points to a well. If the smell is worse on the hot side, the water heater's anode rod is part of the problem. Both are treatable once we know which is dominant.
Can you treat a well used only for irrigation?
Yes, and it's often worth it on equestrian and agricultural properties in Davie where the main complaint is iron staining on buildings, fencing and paving.
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