Well drilling and water filtration inPolk County, FL
Polk County water draws from the Floridan Aquifer, which makes hardness, iron, and hydrogen sulfide the three things we treat over and over here. Lakeland and Winter Haven both run city utilities that treat the source water to potable standards before distribution, but the chain-of-lakes corridor has many private well households where the same chemistry comes through untreated. Sulfur and iron together drive most of our service calls in the Bartow, Mulberry, and Auburndale outskirts. Well permits in Polk County are split between SWFWMD and SFWMD jurisdictions.
What is in the water in Polk County
Floridan Aquifer chemistry meets county-specific geology.
Primary utilities
- City of Lakeland Water Utilities
- City of Winter Haven Water Department
Water-quality reports
- City of Lakeland Water Utilities
- Polk County Utilities 2024 Central CCR (PDF)
- City of Winter Haven Water Department
SOURCE-NEEDED: current-year CCR numeric extracts pending verification. Links go to the utility's own water-quality page.
Common concerns we treat
- Polk County Utilities Central system finished-water hardness at 5 GPG (101 ppm CaCO3) per the 2024 CCR
- Iron and hydrogen sulfide on Floridan Aquifer private wells outside the municipal footprints
- Copper 90th percentile at 1.30 ppm on the Polk Central system (right at the 1.3 ppm action level)
- Chlorine 1.5 ppm running annual average on Polk Central
- Chain-of-lakes corridor with many private-well households
New well permits in Polk County go through Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) . We pull the permit as part of every drilling job.
Cities we serve in Polk County
2 cities, one local crew.
City of Lakeland Water Utilities
Lakeland, FL
groundwater from the Floridan Aquifer treated at City of Lakeland facilities.
City of Winter Haven Water Department
Winter Haven, FL
groundwater from the Floridan Aquifer treated at City of Winter Haven facilities.
Services across Polk County
One licensed crew, four services.
Well Drilling
Residential and light-commercial water well drilling in Central Florida. Permitting through the relevant Water Management District, site evaluation, drilling, casing, grouting, sanitary well-head completion, and pump installation. State of Florida Water Well Contractor License #7494.
Read service pagePump Repair
Pump repair and replacement for submersible well pumps, jet pumps, irrigation pumps, booster pumps, pressure tanks, pressure switches, and constant-pressure controllers across Central Florida.
Read service pageWell Water Filtration
Whole-house well water filtration for Central Florida homes. Iron removal, hydrogen sulfide removal, sediment, low-pH neutralization, water softening, and point-of-use reverse osmosis sized to the actual water from your well.
Read service pageFiltration Repair
Repair and maintenance of existing whole-house and point-of-use water filtration systems in Central Florida. Media replacement, control-valve service, brine-tank cleanouts, RO membrane changes, and full system diagnostics.
Read service pageOther county hubs
Licensed FL Water Well Contractor (#7494). 15+ years.