Tavares, FL water quality
Tavares draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via City of Tavares. Hardness runs from moderate to very high citywide, and disinfection byproducts along with hardness scale are the most common resident complaints.
Scored from published utility reports — legally compliant water can still score high.
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Contaminant panel
What's actually in Tavares water.
City of Tavares Public Works CCR · reviewed July 29, 2026
Hardness
Soft < 3 gpg
Consistently high citywide — scale on fixtures and appliances is the top complaint.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
Chlorine / Chloramine
EPA MRDL 4 ppm
Persistent taste and skin-dryness complaints reported by residents.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
Trihalomethanes
EPA MCL 80 ppb
Disinfection byproduct — levels spike in warmer summer months.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
PFAS / PFOA
EPA MCL 4 ppt
Detected in recent monitoring; varies by service zone and proximity to industrial/airport sites.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
Iron
EPA SMCL 0.3 ppm
Occasional staining reports in older service areas.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
Sediment
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Occasional turbidity from main breaks or flushing.
Source: City of Tavares Public Works — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
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Neighborhoods
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5 recognized Tavares communities and subdivisions, ranked worst to best. Tap one for its profile.
Neighborhood profile
Downtown Tavares
Tavares, FL · City (City of Tavares)
- Hardness
- High
- Chlorine
- Moderate
Downtown Tavares (built 1880s-1940s, ~500 homes) is served by the municipal system; hardness is the dominant complaint, with softener use common and occasional discoloration in older sections of the neighborhood.
- Built 1880s-1940s~500 homes32778
How we score a Tavares neighborhood
No agency publishes testing per subdivision — it is published per public water system. So the score is a documented model, not a measurement:
- 1Start from the serving utility's own published baseline (hardness plus disinfection-byproduct load from its most recent Consumer Confidence Report).
- 2Add for plumbing era: +8 for pre-1960 housing stock, +4 for 1960s-80s, +2 for 1990s-2000s, +0 for 2010 and newer.
- 3Add for service-zone position: +6 where the subdivision sits at the end of long distribution mains (newer master-planned build-outs), +3 for the oldest downtown mains.
- 4Add for local sources: +12 private or community well, +9 airport/GOAA PFAS influence area, +7 industrial adjacency, +3 golf-corridor irrigation, +2 lakefront shallow-well and iron staining.
- 5Clamp to 30-95, then map to low / moderate / high. Wells get chlorine scored near zero — nothing is disinfecting that water at all.
Where the Tavares community names come from
Tavares publishes no official neighborhood map, so these are the recognized subdivision and community names used by the city, USPS mail routes, and local listings.
Data compiled from Tavares Consumer Confidence Reports and EPA ECHO monitoring. Neighborhood-level readings are estimates based on service zone, plumbing age, and source blending; a free on-site test provides exact numbers for your address.
Water system
City of Tavares Public Works
City-operated system serving Tavares.
Maintenance
Last reviewed July 29, 2026
CCRs publish annually. We re-check every page against the current report. Full methodology.
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Before you call anyone in Tavares.
Need is the wrong word: your Tavares utility delivers water that meets every enforceable EPA limit. Filtration is about the things those limits don't cover — hardness that scales your fixtures and water heater, chlorine taste and smell, and disinfection byproducts that sit above the stricter (non-enforceable) EWG health guideline. Legal water and water you enjoy drinking aren't the same standard.
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