Water treatment in Weston, Florida
Your water probably isn't from the City of Weston, and which side of town you're on changes what's coming out of the tap.
- Water provider
- Split service
- Serves
- 52,300 people
- Above EWG guideline
- 11 of 18 detected
- Private wells
- low
Figures from the EWG Tap Water Database. City of Weston (Indian Trace) meets federal drinking water standards; EWG's guidelines are stricter.
Book a free Weston water testWhat stands out in Weston water
City of Weston (Indian Trace) 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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156 times
Haloacetic acids
Chlorination byproducts · 9.34 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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43 times
Chloroform
Chlorination byproducts · 17.1 ppb measured, against a guideline of 0.4 ppb
What takes it out
A volatile organic compound, which EPA lists granular activated carbon as effective against.
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2.4 times
Chromium-6
Metals and minerals · 0.0485 ppb measured, against a guideline of 0.02 ppb
What takes it out
Like arsenic, EPA lists chromium-6 under ANION exchange, not the cation exchange in a water softener. Reverse osmosis is the residential route.
Between them, whole-house water filtration and under-sink reverse osmosis cover everything above. City of Weston (Indian Trace) has 8 further results above EWG guidelines, all still within federal limits.
Covers the Indian Trace system, which serves every part of Weston outside Bonaventure and is supplied with finished water purchased from the City of Sunrise. Bonaventure is billed by Sunrise directly. Both are Sunrise water; the two systems report separately.
Weston has no water treatment plant of its own. Bonaventure is billed by the City of Sunrise; the rest of Weston is billed by the Indian Trace Development District, which buys finished water from Sunrise and treats none of it. Either way, what comes out of a Weston tap was treated by Sunrise.
Bonaventure and Indian Trace
Sunrise runs three plants, each filing its own report under its own system number, so two Weston addresses can still sit behind different treatment trains even though the water is Sunrise's either way. Practically, a quote built for a house in Bonaventure isn't automatically right for a house in Weston Hills, and the test settles which one you are on.
What Weston homeowners notice
Scale, mostly. Sunrise treats by lime softening and membrane filtration, so Weston water arrives already partly softened. No report says by how much, because hardness is federally unregulated and no utility publishes it. It shows up as the film on glass shower doors that squeegees off and comes straight back, spotted glassware, and water heaters that lose efficiency years early.
The second complaint is taste. Both systems serving Weston get Sunrise water, disinfected with chloramine at 3.4 parts per million on average in Sunrise's latest report. Chloramine is more stable than free chlorine, which is why you still taste it at the tap and why an ordinary carbon pitcher filter barely touches it.
Weston Hills, Savanna, Windmill Ranch, The Ridges
Weston's housing stock is newer than most of Broward, which helps: less legacy plumbing, fewer galvanized pipe surprises behind the wall.
Wells in Weston
Rare inside the city. If you're on acreage at the western or southern edge, closer to Southwest Ranches, check which you're on. The simple test is whether you get a water bill. If you don't, you're on a well and the treatment is different.
What we install in Weston
- 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 westonfl.org · EWG · Broward County · EPA
- Split service: official source Water provider and service area details for this city.
- EWG Tap Water Database: City of Weston (Indian Trace) 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
Weston water questions
Who provides water in Weston?
Both are City of Sunrise water. Bonaventure is served by Sunrise directly, and every other part of Weston is served by the Indian Trace Development District, which purchases its finished water from Sunrise rather than treating any itself. The City of Weston publishes the service split on its own utility page, and the two systems file separate water quality reports.
How hard is Weston water?
Hard enough to notice, though Sunrise softens before it reaches you. Above 7 grains per gallon is classed as hard. Nobody publishes a figure for your street, because hardness is not federally regulated, and Sunrise runs three plants, so it varies. We measure it at your tap.
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