Orange County, FL
County water overview
Orange County is served by a patchwork of systems — OUC in Orlando, Orange County Utilities across unincorporated areas, and separate city utilities in Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Winter Park, and Maitland. Which one serves you depends on the street, not the mailing address.
23
Cities mapped
310
Neighborhoods
11
Water systems
July 29, 2026
Data reviewed
Cities
Pick your city, then your neighborhood.
Windermere
67/100Windermere is largely unincorporated and served by private wells drawing directly from the Floridan Aquifer. Expect hard water with notable iron and sulfur (rotten-egg odor), and no chlorine residual to control bacteria — annual well testing and whole-home treatment are strongly recommended.
11 neighborhoods mapped
View reportWedgefield
65/100Wedgefield is largely unincorporated and served by private wells drawing directly from the Floridan Aquifer. Expect hard water with notable iron and sulfur (rotten-egg odor), and no chlorine residual to control bacteria — annual well testing and whole-home treatment are strongly recommended.
4 neighborhoods mapped
View reportMeadow Woods
64/100Meadow Woods draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
4 neighborhoods mapped
View reportAzalea Park
63/100Azalea Park draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
2 neighborhoods mapped
View reportConway
59/100Conway is served by a patchwork of municipal connections and private wells, both drawing on the Floridan Aquifer. Hardness runs high throughout, with well-fed pockets showing more iron and sulfur than city-served streets.
3 neighborhoods mapped
View reportOakland
57/100Oakland draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Town of Oakland. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
3 neighborhoods mapped
View reportAlafaya
57/100Alafaya draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
5 neighborhoods mapped
View reportApopka
56/100Apopka draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Apopka. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
21 neighborhoods mapped
View reportMaitland
56/100Maitland draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Maitland. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
12 neighborhoods mapped
View reportBelle Isle
56/100Belle Isle is served by a patchwork of municipal connections and private wells, both drawing on the Floridan Aquifer. Hardness runs high throughout, with well-fed pockets showing more iron and sulfur than city-served streets.
6 neighborhoods mapped
View reportEdgewood
56/100Edgewood is served by a patchwork of municipal connections and private wells, both drawing on the Floridan Aquifer. Hardness runs high throughout, with well-fed pockets showing more iron and sulfur than city-served streets.
2 neighborhoods mapped
View reportHunters Creek
56/100Hunters Creek draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
4 neighborhoods mapped
View reportOrlando
55/100Orlando draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC). Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
143 neighborhoods mapped
View reportWinter Park
55/100Winter Park draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Winter Park. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
18 neighborhoods mapped
View reportLake Buena Vista
55/100Lake Buena Vista draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Reedy Creek Improvement District. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
2 neighborhoods mapped
View reportOcoee
54/100Ocoee draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Ocoee. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
20 neighborhoods mapped
View reportUnion Park
54/100Union Park draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
3 neighborhoods mapped
View reportEatonville
53/100Eatonville draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Eatonville / Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
2 neighborhoods mapped
View reportPine Hills
53/100Pine Hills draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
5 neighborhoods mapped
View reportHorizon West
52/100Horizon West draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Winter Garden / Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
7 neighborhoods mapped
View reportWinter Garden
51/100Winter Garden draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Winter Garden. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
25 neighborhoods mapped
View reportDoctor Phillips
51/100Doctor Phillips draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Orange County Utilities. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
7 neighborhoods mapped
View reportBay Lake
49/100Bay Lake draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via Reedy Creek Improvement District. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
1 neighborhoods mapped
View reportThe ranking
The 10 worst-scoring neighborhoods in Orange County.
Ranked out of 310 mapped neighborhoods, by modeled severity: the serving utility's own reported baseline plus plumbing era, distance from the plant, private-well status, and airport or industrial PFAS proximity.
- 01Zellwood-adjacent pockets · ApopkaMixed — City of Apopka Water Utility plus private wells93score
- 02Orlando Executive Airport · OrlandoCity (Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC))86score
- 03Golden Acres · ApopkaMixed — City of Apopka Water Utility plus private wells86score
- 04Alaqua · ApopkaMixed — City of Apopka Water Utility plus private wells85score
- 05Butler Bay · WindermerePrivate wells85score
- 06Wedgefield Estates · WedgefieldPrivate wells85score
- 07Lake Nona · OrlandoCity (Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC))84score
- 08Bear Lake area · ApopkaMixed — City of Apopka Water Utility plus private wells84score
- 09Tildenville · Winter GardenMixed — City of Winter Garden Utilities plus private wells83score
- 10Reserve at Belmere · WindermerePrivate wells83score
Who supplies the water
Public water systems operating in Orange County.
Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)
Municipal utility serving Orlando and parts of unincorporated Orange County from Floridan Aquifer well fields.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗City of Winter Park Water & Wastewater Utility
City-operated system serving Winter Park and adjacent unincorporated pockets.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗Private well (no public water system)
Homes here draw directly from the Floridan Aquifer through a private well. Private wells are not regulated, not treated, and not tested by any agency — there is no CCR for this address because no one is required to produce one.
City of Apopka Public Services
City-operated wells and treatment serving the Apopka municipal service area.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗City of Ocoee Utilities
City-operated system serving Ocoee, including the Westyn Bay and Forestbrooke service areas.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗City of Winter Garden Public Services
City-operated system; some Winter Garden addresses are actually served by Orange County Utilities.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗City of Maitland Public Works
UnconfirmedCity-operated system serving Maitland.
City / well mix
UnconfirmedWe have not yet confirmed which public water system serves this address against EPA SDWIS and the operator's own service-area map.
Orange County Utilities
County-run system serving most unincorporated Orange County neighborhoods across several separate service areas.
2024 Consumer Confidence Report ↗Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (formerly Reedy Creek)
UnconfirmedSpecial district utility serving the Walt Disney World area and Bay Lake / Lake Buena Vista.
Town of Oakland Utilities
UnconfirmedSmall municipal system serving the Town of Oakland.
Every number on the city and neighborhood pages traces back to one of these systems. See our full sources & methodology.
Neighborhood → utility lookup
Every community in Orange County, and who pipes its water.
13 incorporated municipalities, ~39 unincorporated census-designated places, and dozens of loose subdivision names. None of them are tested separately — each one drinks whichever public water system reaches its street.
Incorporated municipalities (10 cities, 3 towns)
| Municipality | Type | 2020 pop. | Water supplied by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | City | 307,573 | Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) |
| Apopka | City | 54,904 | City of Apopka |
| Ocoee | City | 47,295 | City of Ocoee |
| Winter Garden | City | 46,964 | Winter Garden Water Dept. |
| Winter Park | City | 29,795 | City of Winter Park |
| Maitland | City | 19,543 | City of Maitland |
| Belle Isle | City | 7,032 | Orange County Utilitiesno own utility |
| Oakland | Town | 3,516 | Orange County Utilitiesno own utility |
| Windermere | Town | 3,030 | Orange County Utilitiesno own utility |
| Edgewood | City | 2,685 | Orange County Utilities (some OUC)no own utility |
| Eatonville | Town | 2,349 | Orange County Utilitiesno own utility |
| Bay Lake | City | 29 | Reedy Creek / CFTOD (Disney) |
| Lake Buena Vista | City | 24 | Reedy Creek / CFTOD (Disney) |
Unincorporated communities and CDPs
No city government, no independent water utility — supplied by whichever regional system reaches them.
Smaller place-names with loose boundaries
Mostly mobile-home parks or old subdivision names, plus dozens of individually named parks countywide. No independent water testing — they're on whatever utility's pipe reaches the street.
Aloma · Bay Ridge · Beulah · Buena Vista · Crown Point · Fairvilla · Flamingo · Fullers · Harlem Heights · Killarney · Lake Apopka · Lake Cain Hills
Recent incidents
Actual "bad water" events near Orange County.
Orange County's real-world water problems over the last year have been infrastructure incidents, not contamination events. No countywide contamination event, no lead-in-water crisis, and no system in the county currently shows an active legal (MCL) violation in EPA's ECHO/SDWIS database.
- July 8-13, 2025Resolved
Precautionary boil-water advisory — SR-535 corridor
Orange County Utilities — SR-535 / Palm Parkway area
A contractor struck a water main near SR-535 / S. Apopka-Vineland Rd. / Winter Garden-Vineland Rd. / Palm Parkway. Orange County Utilities issued a precautionary boil-water advisory for the surrounding area. This is standard procedure any time system pressure drops, because low pressure opens a path for bacteria — it does not mean contamination was found. The advisory was lifted after roughly three days once bacteriological testing came back clean, then extended once more into mid-August 2025 during repairs before being fully lifted.