Orlando, Florida
Orlando Utilities Commission 2025 Water Quality Report (January 1–December 31, 2025). Lower Floridan aquifer. Chlorine residual 1.2 ppm RAA (range 0.2–2.2). Hardness is not on the regulated table we opened. No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up.
- Chlorine1.2 ppm RAA (range 0.2–2.2)
- TTHMs72.17 ppb LRAA (range 25.68–78.30)
- HAA539.76 ppb LRAA (range 6.64–37.98)
Best match for Orlando
Whole-house carbon for chlorine
No district prohibition on a brine drain turned up in the current file.
That is chlorine. A whole-house carbon filter with an NSF/ANSI 42 chlorine claim is the usual match. A softener will not take chlorine out.
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Confirm hardness on the current CCR before buying
Open the current CCR for grains. This file does not invent a number from a ranking site. A salt softener needs a drain if it is legal at the address.
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Under-sink reverse osmosis
The under-sink RO we actually run is Cloud RO — NSF/ANSI 58, kitchen tap, not a whole-house tank. Check the exact listing if PFAS is why you are shopping. Shop Amazon first for under-sink RO, or buy Cloud direct. Waterdrop is a tankless option if you want that path. A certifier-listed pitcher is the cheap first step. Nobody is paying for a medical claim.
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Test the tap first
A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.
On the report
- Water utility
- Orlando Utilities Commission
- Hardness
- Not printed on the 2025 regulated table we opened. This file does not invent a grains number from a ranking site. Open the current report or ask OUC. — Orlando Utilities Commission 2025 Water Quality Report
- Disinfectant
- Chlorine 1.2 ppm highest running annual average (range of individual samples 0.2–2.2), MRDL 4. 2025 report. Printed as chlorine. — Orlando Utilities Commission 2025 Water Quality Report
- Brine / salt to the sewer
- No district prohibition found in current research. No OUC or City of Orlando residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain.
Also around here
Extra context besides the utility report and the chart above — geology, an unregulated table, or a published study. Not a second set of printed tap numbers.
- MicroplasticsWHO’s 2019 review examined studies that found microplastic particles in treated tap and bottled water in many places. That is a published-occurrence finding, not a number from this city’s water-quality report, and we do not invent a particles-per-liter count for the tap.Microplastics in drinking-water — World Health Organization
- Lead (90th percentile)The 2025 report prints lead and copper tap sampling. That is a 90th-percentile statistic, not every address.2025 Water Quality Report — Orlando Utilities Commission
Orlando drinking water is withdrawn from the Lower Floridan aquifer and delivered by Orlando Utilities Commission. No OUC or City of Orlando residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain. This is not a legal opinion.
The 2025 Water Quality Report (January 1–December 31, 2025) prints chlorine 1.2 ppm highest running annual average (range of individual samples 0.2–2.2). Hardness is not on the regulated table we opened. This file does not invent a grains number.
TTHMs 72.17 ppb locational running annual average (range 25.68–78.30). HAA5 39.76 ppb LRAA (range 6.64–37.98). The footnote says compliance levels include prior-quarter results not in the range column. Kitchen shopping stays the Cloud RO / Waterdrop path already used on other cities if a listing is why you are looking.
Sources
- 2025 Water Quality Report — Orlando Utilities Commission. Accessed 2026-09-09.
Updated September 9, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.