The Villages (Lake County), FL water quality
The Villages (Lake County) draws its water from the Floridan Aquifer via North Sumter / Villages Water Company. 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 The Villages (Lake County) water.
North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority CCR · reviewed July 29, 2026
Hardness
Soft < 3 gpg
Consistently high citywide — scale on fixtures and appliances is the top complaint.
Source: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — 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: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — 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: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — 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: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — 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: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
Sediment
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Occasional turbidity from main breaks or flushing.
Source: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority — CCR link not yet confirmed. Look it up on EPA SDWIS
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Neighborhood profile
Village of Chitty Chatty
The Villages (Lake County), FL · City (North Sumter / Villages Water Company)
- Hardness
- High
- Chlorine
- Moderate
Village of Chitty Chatty (built 2020-present, ~900 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 2020-present~900 homes32162
How we score a The Villages (Lake County) 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 The Villages (Lake County) community names come from
The Villages (Lake County) 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 The Villages (Lake County) 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
North Sumter County Utility Dependent District / Villages Water Conservation Authority
District utility serving The Villages and adjacent north Lake County communities.
Maintenance
Last reviewed July 29, 2026
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