Cutler Ridge Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Cutler Ridge, Florida, in Miami-Dade County — a major south Miami community (Cutler Ridge is a significant Miami-Dade County area — a south Miami community that is officially part of the Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay corridor; Cutler Ridge is a historically significant community name for the southern Miami-Dade area along US-1 (South Dixie Highway) between Perrine and Florida City; the Cutler Ridge area was one of the most severely impacted areas during Hurricane Andrew in 1992 (Hurricane Andrew — one of the most destructive hurricanes in American history — made landfall in August 1992 in the Cutler Ridge–Homestead area of south Miami-Dade County; the storm caused catastrophic damage across the south Miami-Dade area, destroying or severely damaging tens of thousands of homes and causing over $27 billion in damage (1992 dollars); Hurricane Andrew fundamentally changed Florida's building codes and insurance industry)); Cutler Bay (the municipality that encompasses much of the historic Cutler Ridge area) has a significant suburban population, a diverse Miami-Dade County community with a primarily Hispanic-American, Cuban-American, and working-class to middle-class population, adjacent to Palmetto Bay in the south Miami-Dade corridor — draws its municipal water supply from the Biscayne Aquifer via the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. Water hardness in Cutler Ridge measures 220 mg/L — classified as hard.

Cutler Ridge's hard supply reflects the south Florida Miami-Dade County Biscayne carbonate aquifer's calcareous character. The Biscayne Aquifer draws from Pleistocene Miami Limestone (calcareous). Very limited softening produces the hard 220 mg/L.

At 220 mg/L, Cutler Ridge residents face regular hard water challenges. Monthly descaling and water softeners are recommended. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department consistently delivers water meeting all Florida DEP and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.