Water treatment in Pembroke Pines, Florida
The biggest city we serve, on softened and filtered Biscayne Aquifer water.
- Water provider
- City of Pembroke Pines Utilities
- Serves
- 187,459 people
- Above EWG guideline
- 14 of 32 detected
- Private wells
- low
Figures from the EWG Tap Water Database. City of Pembroke Pines meets federal drinking water standards; EWG's guidelines are stricter.
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City of Pembroke Pines 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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7,600 times
PFHxS
PFAS, the forever chemicals · 7.60 ppt measured, against a guideline of 0.001 ppt
What takes it out
EPA lists PFAS under anion exchange and identifies activated carbon and reverse osmosis among the options for removing PFAS from drinking water.
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150 times
Arsenic
Metals and minerals · 0.600 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.
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137 times
PFOA
PFAS, the forever chemicals · 12.3 ppt measured, against a guideline of 0.09 ppt
What takes it out
EPA lists PFAS under anion exchange and identifies activated carbon and reverse osmosis among the options for removing PFAS from drinking water.
Between them, whole-house water filtration and under-sink reverse osmosis cover everything above. City of Pembroke Pines has 11 further results above EWG guidelines, all still within federal limits.
Pembroke Pines runs its own utility and also supplies water to a small part of Southwest Ranches. It's the largest city in our service area, densely built with newer homes, so more water heaters here are exposed to scale than in any other city we serve.
Hard water in newer homes
Much of Pembroke Pines was built out in the 1990s and 2000s. The plumbing is modern, which removes one variable, and the water is the same Biscayne Aquifer supply as most of the county, softened and filtered at the plant and disinfected with chloramine at 2.8 parts per million on average in the City's latest report.
Newer homes hide the damage better. There's no visible corrosion to warn you, so the first sign is usually a water heater that fails around year eight instead of year fourteen.
Where hard water does damage
Scale forms fastest where water is heated, because heat drives minerals out of solution. A layer of scale on a heating element forces the unit to run longer for the same hot water. That's more electricity every month and a shorter life for the water heater.
Dishwashers and washing machines take the same abuse more slowly. The visible symptoms, spotted glassware, stiff towels, soap that won't lather, are the visible part. The real damage is inside the appliances.
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Most homes here are on municipal water with no well complication, so treatment is generally a softener plus catalytic carbon rather than a multi-stage well stack.
HOA rules occasionally affect where outdoor equipment can sit. Tell us about any HOA rules before install day and we'll plan around them.
What we install in Pembroke Pines
- 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 ppines.com · EWG · Broward County · EPA
- City of Pembroke Pines Utilities: official source Water provider and service area details for this city.
- EWG Tap Water Database: City of Pembroke Pines 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
Pembroke Pines water questions
Who provides water in Pembroke Pines?
The City of Pembroke Pines runs its own utility, and it also supplies water to a small portion of Southwest Ranches.
Is a softener worth it in Pembroke Pines?
For most homes here, yes, and the main reason is the water heater. Scale on the heating element costs efficiency every month and takes years off the unit.
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