Ormond Beach Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Ormond Beach, Florida, in Volusia County north of Daytona Beach — the 'Birthplace of Speed' (the Ormond Beach–Daytona Beach area hosted the first land speed records in the early 20th century on the hard-packed beach surface; Henry Ford and other early motorsport pioneers raced here in 1903–1910), home of the Casements (the winter home of John D. Rockefeller, now a cultural center), a major northeast Florida retirement, beach, and recreation community, and a diverse Volusia County coastal community — draws its municipal water supply from the Upper Floridan Aquifer via the City of Ormond Beach Water Division. Water hardness in Ormond Beach measures 131.5 mg/L — classified as moderately hard.

Ormond Beach's moderate hardness — much softer than typical untreated Floridan Aquifer supply (200–350 mg/L) — reflects the City of Ormond Beach's moderate lime softening treatment. The Upper Floridan Aquifer at Ormond Beach–Volusia County is inherently very hard (Eocene Avon Park Formation and Ocala Limestone — pure marine carbonate). Ormond Beach applies moderate lime softening treatment to the Floridan Aquifer raw supply, reducing hardness substantially but not to the level of fully treated central Florida communities, producing the moderate 131.5 mg/L.

At 131.5 mg/L, Ormond Beach residents encounter moderate scale accumulation. Monthly cleaning with citric acid solution is recommended. City of Ormond Beach Water Division consistently delivers water meeting all Florida DEP and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.