Water Treatment
Services in
Pompano Beach, FL

The Town of Pompano was incorporated in 1908, and in 1947 it merged with the new beach town across the Intracoastal and took its current name. It now has about three miles of beach running from Terra Mar Drive up to the Hillsboro Inlet, and the 2020 Census counted 112,046 residents, the sixth-largest population in Broward County.

For water, the first question here is which utility serves your street. The City's own utility covers the beach, downtown, Palm Aire and most of the land south of Copans Road, plus southern Lighthouse Point and northern Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The County serves the north end. The two plants treat water differently and tested differently for PFAS, so the right water filtration setup for a Harbor Village condo can be different from the one for a house in Cresthaven.

Pompano Beach Water Service: City Utility or Broward County

Check the name on your water bill. The City of Pompano Beach Utilities Department (954-786-4637) serves roughly three-quarters of the city's land, according to Broward County's water-provider map. Broward County Water and Wastewater Services (954-831-3250) serves most addresses north of Copans Road, plus a strip west of NW 25th Avenue near NW 19th Street and a small area just north of McNab Road around Powerline Road. The edges don't follow neighborhood names exactly, and ZIP code 33064 is split between the two.

County customers here drink water from the 2A plant at 2555 West Copans Road, which EPA lists as serving about 54,600 people. That plant dates from 1975 and treats Biscayne Aquifer water with lime and filters only, and part of its wellfield lies inside Pompano Beach. Broward County plans to add membrane treatment there by 2029, chiefly for PFAS. The same plant supplies most of Lighthouse Point and the southern part of Deerfield Beach.

The City Treatment Plant Next to the Airpark: Lime and Nanofiltration

The City pumps from two wellfields in the Biscayne Aquifer: the Eastern (Airport) wellfield near the plant and the Western wellfield in Palm Aire. EPA lists about 99,400 people and 19,240 connections on the system, and the City maintains 270 miles of water main. The plant sits on NE 5th Avenue beside the Pompano Beach Airpark, where the Goodyear blimp is based.

Two processes run side by side there. A large conventional lime-softening plant and a newer nanofiltration plant, which pushes water through membranes that hold back most hardness and much of the color. A 2010 Florida Atlantic University case study put the lime side at 40 million gallons a day of capacity and the membrane side at 10. The treated water is filtered, adjusted for corrosion control and disinfected with chloramine. Pumping on the eastern wellfield is capped by the water management district because it lies near the saltwater front; the City has tracked that front with monitoring wells since 1996.

Pompano Beach Water Quality Report: 2025 Results by Contaminant

The City's 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, which also covers its customers in Lighthouse Point and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, lists no violation of a drinking water standard. These are its main numbers, with older EPA results for compounds the report doesn't cover. In 2025 the utility also won the Florida Section AWWA Region VI best-tasting water award, with the first perfect score in that contest's history.

PFAS Results for City and County Water

Both systems are above the coming limit, and the County's water tested higher. EPA's national PFAS survey (UCMR 5) measured 15 and 20 ppt PFOS at the City plant in 2023, close to the City's own 2025 average, and 23.6 and 28.4 ppt at the County's 2A plant in 2024 and 2025. The City plant's July 2023 sample also showed 62 ppt of 6:2 FTS, a PFAS compound linked to firefighting foam that has no federal limit.

None of these results is a violation today, because the limit isn't enforceable yet and is judged on a yearly average. If you want drinking and cooking water below 4 ppt now, put the treatment at the kitchen sink. Our reverse osmosis systems are five-stage, NSF/ANSI-certified units designed to reduce PFAS along with lead and chromium-6. A softener does nothing for PFAS, and whole-house carbon only partly helps.

Hard or Soft: What the City Reports and What We Measure

City water is soft by South Florida standards. The utility's water FAQ says it typically runs 1 to 2 grains per gallon, because every gallon is either lime-softened or nanofiltered before it leaves the plant. At that level a softener is rarely worth buying for scale alone, and we'll tell you so if your reading agrees.

County water north of Copans Road is lime-softened only, and the County doesn't publish a finished hardness figure, so we measure it at your tap. Spotting on shower glass, a tank water heater that pops and rumbles, or a crust on the pool tile and outdoor shower are the signs a reading will back up. When it does, we size the water softener installation from that number, with 10% crosslink resin that stands up better to chloramine and a Fleck or Clack valve.

On the beach side, white residue on balcony rails and car windshields is usually sea spray, not hard tap water, and a softener won't change it. Lawn sprinklers on the City's OASIS reuse lines can also leave marks on glass and pavers; that water never enters your house plumbing.

Chloramine Taste, Free-Chlorine Weeks and Odd Smells

Both utilities disinfect with chloramine. It lasts longer in the pipes than plain chlorine, and it's harder to filter. Catalytic carbon is the media that removes it; a pitcher or fridge filter takes out far less. If you also have a softener, a carbon tank ahead of it keeps chloramine from wearing out the resin.

A few weeks a year the water smells stronger. Each utility switches to free chlorine while it flushes its mains: the City did this from March 23 to April 20 in 2026, and the County ran its District 2 switch from September 28 to October 19. Brown or yellow water after street repairs is usually sediment stirred up by that kind of flushing; run a cold tap until it clears, and change any cartridge that clogs afterward.

A rotten-egg smell from the hot water only, after a house has been closed up for the summer, usually comes from the water heater. The City's own FAQ points to the heater's anode rod reacting with water that sat unused. Flushing the heater often clears it; a plumber can swap the anode if it keeps coming back. We check for this during the free test so you don't buy a filter for a heater problem.

High-Rise Condos, Seasonal Homes and 1960s–70s Plumbing

Most of Pompano Beach was built between the 1950s and 1980s. Of about 61,100 housing units, 18,343 date from the 1970s and 13,599 from the 1960s, and the median building year is 1974 (Census ACS, 2020–2024). Three in ten units are in buildings with 50 or more units, mostly the condo towers along A1A and the Intracoastal, while 29% are detached houses. About 8,100 units are kept for seasonal use, and 45% of occupied homes are rented.

Condo rules decide what's possible. Our FAQ explains that a whole-house unit needs a reachable main line for your unit plus approval from the association. Many tower units don't have a separate line a plumber can reach, so owners usually go with under-sink RO and leave the shared plumbing alone. Renters can do the same with a unit that comes out when they move.

Copper plumbing put in before 1986 was often joined with lead solder. The City has inventoried every service line and found no utility-owned lead lines; you can look up your own address on its online service-line map. For pre-1986 homes we also collect a first-draw sample and have a certified lab test it for lead, free. City customers can also call the Utilities Laboratory at 954-545-7018 to ask about testing.

Filtration, RO and Softener Options for Your Home

Price Ranges: Under-Sink RO, Softener and the Three-Stage Package

Testing Day, Installation and Cartridge Changes

Water Treatment Service Area in Pompano Beach

Tap Water Questions, Answered