Water Treatment in Lake County, FL

About the water in Lake County

Lake County utilities draw from the Upper Floridan Aquifer through wellfields scattered across the county. Clermont, Leesburg, and Mount Dora each operate their own treatment plants, and a meaningful share of Lake County homes outside the municipal footprints run on private wells regulated by the Florida Department of Health. (USGS Floridan Aquifer System)

USGS groundwater hardness mapping puts most of Lake County in the very hard range, above 180 mg/L as calcium carbonate. Private well water in the county frequently arrives with iron, sulfur, or tannin issues on top of the hardness load, particularly in the rural northern and western parts of the county where surface staining and rotten-egg smell are common complaints. (USGS hardness map)

Utilities serving Lake County

• City of Clermont Utilities, water quality and Consumer Confidence Reports
• City of Leesburg Utilities, water quality and Consumer Confidence Reports
• City of Mount Dora Public Works, water quality and Consumer Confidence Reports

Common local concerns

• Hard finished water from limestone groundwater across all three municipal utilities
• Iron and sulfur in private well water, especially in rural Lake County
• Chloramine or chlorine residual disinfection depending on the municipal utility
• Florida Department of Health private well testing program for non-municipal homes

Regulators and source data

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Florida Department of Health (private well program)
• EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System

Cities we serve in Lake County

Pure Agua services every city listed below. Each city has a full set of service pages with water-quality detail specific to that utility.

Nearby counties we serve

• Osceola County, FL

  2 cities served

• Orange County, FL

  5 cities served