Holiday Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Holiday, Florida, in Pasco County — a large unincorporated coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline north of Clearwater and Tarpon Springs, known for its retirement community character and proximity to Anclote Key and the Anclote River estuary — receives its municipal water from Pasco County Utilities, which draws from the Upper Floridan Aquifer through a wellfield network in the Pasco County coastal zone. Pasco County Utilities manages an extensive Floridan Aquifer wellfield to serve the densely populated western Pasco coastal area.

The moderately soft 74 mg/L hardness and TDS of 164.2 mg/L are substantially softer than typical central Florida Floridan Aquifer production (~200–450 mg/L), reflecting the shallower, less-confined aquifer zones accessed in Holiday's western Pasco County coastal setting. The Upper Floridan Aquifer is an Eocene-Oligocene limestone platform (the Avon Park Formation and Ocala Limestone), which typically produces very hard carbonate water. However, in the coastal western Pasco zone, shallower well completions accessing less-mineralized aquifer horizons, dilution by surface recharge through karst sinkholes, and blending with Pasco County surface water resources (reclaimed water reuse and Tampa Bay Water supply) produces significantly softer finished water than interior Florida Floridan production.

At 74 mg/L, Holiday's water is moderately soft — among the softer in Florida's gulf coastal communities. Scale forms slowly over many months in kettles and appliances, soap lathers well, and the dishwasher produces clean results. Semi-annual descaling of heating appliances is adequate. The PFAS level of 4.9 ppt is moderate for Pasco County — the Gulf coastal suburban development corridor, regional military bases (MacDill AFB's PFAS plume affecting Tampa Bay area groundwater), and the broader Tampa-St. Pete metro industrial footprint contribute to the western Pasco PFAS background.