— WELLINGTON TAP-WATER SAFETY
Is Wellington tap water safe?
For Village of Wellington Utility customers, Wellington says its 2025 drinking water met federal, state and local requirements. Olympia, Buena Vida and VillageWalk residents are directed to Palm Beach County Water Utilities and should use the County report instead.
- Wellington reported no drinking-water standards violation in its 2025 report.
- The report contains results that deserve context, including voluntary PFAS monitoring and one household lead sample above 15 ppb.
- An address-specific concern should be tested with the method designed for that concern.
What did the latest official report show?
The 90th-percentile result was 1.7 ppb. One of 35 sampled homes exceeded 15 ppb, but the public system did not exceed the lead action level.
HAA5 averaged 17.3 ppb against a 60 ppb limit; TTHM averaged 36.9 ppb against an 80 ppb limit.
The reported average was 3.17 ppm, with a 0.21–4.4 ppm range and a 4 ppm maximum residual disinfectant level.
Voluntary quarterly results listed PFOS at 2.9–5.4 ppt and PFOA at 1.1–2.5 ppt. Wellington did not present these as a 2025 system violation.
What happened at raw well R8?
The utility reported an E. coli-positive sample from raw well R8. The well was already disconnected from the distribution system, was disinfected and returned only after ten additional samples were clear. This documented corrective event should not be described as evidence that Wellington’s distributed water was systemwide contaminated.
Why can one home differ from the utility report?
A compliance report summarizes a regulated public system. Conditions at one tap can also reflect a service line, premise plumbing, stagnation, hot-water equipment, a private well, a filter or softener, and the way a sample was collected. A result at one property does not establish a citywide condition—and a citywide report cannot rule out every property-specific issue.
A hardness or TDS meter cannot establish whether water contains lead, PFAS or bacteria. Those questions require the appropriate certified laboratory method and sampling plan.
— PROPERTY-SPECIFIC NEXT STEP
Concerned about one Wellington property?
A complimentary field check can measure treatment-related hardness and TDS. For a health-specific concern, use an appropriate certified laboratory.