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Browse the indexed community water systems in this state. Each profile brings the provider’s payment routes and household protection policies into a single, practical guide.

261 systems indexed2026 directory

Service area: Miami-Dade County, including Miami and neighboring unincorporated service areas

Population: Approximately 2.3–2.4 million residents; active EPA/SDWIS CWS FL4130871 (MDWASA - MAIN SYSTEM), with the current public system profile reporting roughly 2,377,460 people served and Miami-Dade describing the department as serving about 2.4 million residents directly and through wholesale relationships.

Public Water Authority

JEA Water and Wastewater

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Service area: Jacksonville and Northeast Florida

Population: More than 1 million residents across Jacksonville and surrounding communities in four Northeast Florida counties; approximately 420,000 water meters are being upgraded across the service territory.

Service area: Unincorporated Hillsborough County, including Tampa-area County service communities such as Brandon, Riverview, Ruskin, Apollo Beach, Wimauma, Valrico, and Sun City

Population: About 750,000 residents; more than 78 million gallons per day; 11 community public drinking water systems; four water treatment plants and five wastewater plants.

Service area: Broward County Water and Wastewater Services retail service areas, including portions of the Broward Municipal Services District and incorporated communities served by the County system

Population: WWS provides safe drinking water to about 59,000 retail customers and regional wastewater treatment for more than 600,000 residents; FY2024 reporting lists 58,197 water and/or sewer retail customers and approximately 681,000 regional wastewater customers.

Service area: Unincorporated Palm Beach County, including eastern and western County service areas and Glades communities such as Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay

Population: More than 645,000 residents across approximately 1,300 square miles; PBCWUD reports distributing more than 60 million gallons of drinking water per day.

Municipal Department

Pinellas County Utilities

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Service area: Primarily unincorporated Pinellas County, plus County-served areas in Largo, Seminole, Kenneth City, and incorporated beach communities; wholesale water and wastewater relationships extend the regional footprint

Population: More than 113,000 retail water accounts, more than 80,000 retail wastewater accounts serving about 300,000 residents, and nearly 700,000 direct and municipal wholesale customers across water, wastewater, and reclaimed-water services.

Service area: City of Tallahassee and adjacent urban areas served by City Utilities, including the City water/sewer service area in Leon County

Population: More than 200,000 residents served by Tallahassee's sanitary sewer system; the City water utility also serves approximately 87,891 metered water customers within the corporate limits and adjacent urban areas according to City reporting.

Service area: Gainesville and surrounding unincorporated Alachua County areas served by Gainesville Regional Utilities

Population: GRU provides safe water to approximately 200,000 residents and reports about 75,844 water customers and 67,790 wastewater customers on average in recent fiscal reporting; the utility serves Gainesville and surrounding areas.

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Service area: Lakeland and surrounding greater-Lakeland service territory

Population: The City reports more than 65,607 active water service meters with 100% metered-consumption coverage. Lakeland Water Utilities serves the City and portions of the greater Lakeland area across an approximately 132-square-mile water territory and approximately 149–150-square-mile wastewater territory; a current resident-population total is not published on the utility pages, so the active-meter count is the most direct current service-scale indicator.

Service area: Orlando, St. Cloud, and portions of Orange County and adjacent Central Florida service areas served by OUC water

Population: OUC provides water within the City of Orlando and portions of Orange County, pumps about 35 billion gallons annually across an approximately 200-square-mile water service area, and reports more than 400,000 combined utility accounts across Orlando, St. Cloud, and parts of Orange and Osceola counties. Its 2025 financial report separately reports about 28.5 billion gallons of retail water sales; the public summary does not state a single current water-only population count.

Service area: Unincorporated Orange County and other Orange County Utilities water-service areas in Central Florida

Population: Orange County Utilities’ 2025 drinking-water report states that the system served over 174,300 accounts and more than 610,000 people across a 474-square-mile service area, with 2,047 miles of water mains. County financial reporting also describes the broader water utility as serving approximately 855,000 people when its full water service population measure is used; the 2025 CCR account/population figure is the more specific current drinking-water record.

Service area: Cape Coral, Lee County

Population: Cape Coral Utilities serves the City’s rapidly growing residential and commercial community; the current customer-billing pages do not state a single water-only population total. The City operates municipal water, wastewater, irrigation, and utility-extension systems, and the active Resident Access portal provides daily consumption monitoring and alerts.

Service area: Fort Lauderdale city limits and City water/sewer service accounts

Population: The utility serves Fort Lauderdale residential, multifamily, commercial, and institutional accounts; the current billing pages do not publish a separate water-only population total. A practical service-area estimate is approximately 186,000 city residents plus businesses and seasonal users, with the City’s water and sewer enterprise fund also supporting regional wholesale/contract relationships.

Service area: St. Petersburg and City-served portions of Pinellas County

Population: The City water utility primarily serves St. Petersburg’s approximately 260,000 residents and associated residential, commercial, reclaimed-water, and wholesale accounts; a current water-only account total is not stated on the public billing pages. City code also provides for a 25% outside-city surcharge on applicable water/wastewater charges.

Public Water Authority

Sarasota County Public Utilities

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Service area: Unincorporated Sarasota County

Population: The County reports approximately 104,530 water connections and 91,989 wastewater connections; its Public Utilities Department identifies about 268,026 drinking-water customers in the unincorporated county. The connection and customer counts are different measures and are retained as published rather than converted into a speculative household population.

Service area: City of Clearwater

Population: Approximately 117,000 city residents are within Clearwater's municipal service area; the City bills property owners for water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste, recycling, and related utility services. The published minimum-bill example includes a 5/8-inch meter serving a location inside city limits.

Service area: Escambia County and City of Pensacola service area

Population: ECUA serves the Escambia County and City of Pensacola area. The Authority reports an average of approximately 35.65 million gallons of water delivered daily to ECUA water customers in 2023; the current public pages do not state one consolidated residential population figure, so the service-area description and flow metric are retained instead of inventing a population conversion.

Service area: City of Ocala and City of Ocala Utilities service territory

Population: Approximately 64,000 City residents are within Ocala's municipal service area. The City utility may also serve premises outside city limits under its published outside-city surcharge rules; the exact active water-account population is not stated on the current Water Resources page.

Service area: City of Hialeah

Population: Approximately 235,000 residents are within the City of Hialeah service area. The City operates water and sanitary-sewer billing, meter reading, account deposits, and customer service through its Department of Public Works/Water & Sewer Division.

Service area: Unincorporated Lee County service areas outside Cape Coral, Fort Myers city limits, Lehigh Acres, Naples, Bonita Springs, Sanibel/Captiva, and Gateway

Population: Approximately 400,000 customers/residents across Lee County Utilities’ service area, excluding municipalities and communities that maintain separate utility systems. The County operates a large regional water, wastewater, reclaimed-water, and wellfield network.

Service area: Coral Springs Water District service area within Coral Springs, generally the Wiles Road area and the area south to the south side of Royal Palm Boulevard

Population: A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. – Coral Springs has four separate water districts and the City does not publish a standalone resident count for this district; the City’s service-area map should be used to determine whether a property is in this Community Water System.

Service area: West Palm Beach, Town of Palm Beach, and Town of South Palm Beach

Population: Over 34,000 retail and commercial customers, including critical medical facilities, within West Palm Beach and the Towns of Palm Beach and South Palm Beach, according to the City’s Public Utilities Department.

Service area: Fort Lauderdale and regional central Broward County service area

Population: 185,163 people (EPA SDWIS active CWS PWS FL4060486); the City’s regional water-and-sewer system serves approximately 250,000 residents across Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Sea Ranch Lakes, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, and portions of nearby jurisdictions.

Municipal Department

Town of Jupiter Utilities

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Service area: Jupiter, Juno Beach, and unincorporated Palm Beach and Martin County areas served by the Town system

Population: 94,929 CWS population estimate; Town utility page reports more than 86,000 people and about 30,000 accounts across its service area

Private Investor-Owned Utility

Bonita Springs Utilities, Inc.

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Service area: Bonita Springs, Village of Estero, and unincorporated South Lee County

Population: 76,033 people (EPA SDWA system estimate; BSU states it serves more than 31,000 member accounts)

Service area: Sunrise, Sawgrass service territory, including portions of Weston, Southwest Ranches and Davie

Population: The utility system reports more than 215,000 residential and commercial customers across roughly 70 square miles, including Sunrise and portions of Weston, Southwest Ranches and Davie; the queue estimate for this CWS is 72,400.

Florida directory notes

How to compare water utilities in Florida

This state hub brings together 261 indexed community water systems, from city departments and public authorities to investor-owned systems and smaller regional providers. A service area may cross municipal boundaries, so use the provider name and service address on your bill when choosing a profile.

The most important distinction is between a directory listing and an official account channel. Water Ledger provides a structured starting point; the utility’s own payment portal, published rate schedule, customer-service office, and mailed notice control your account. Compare the payment route, billing frequency, emergency number, and customer-protection notes before relying on a page for a time-sensitive decision.

If you are helping a household with a high bill, leak, or delinquency notice, open the utility profile and review the payment, shut-off, and leak-adjustment guides together. Keep the bill, account number, confirmation receipts, repair records, and notice dates available when speaking with the provider.