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Kendall West, FL tap water

Supplied by Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). Here's what its water means for your fish.

Disinfectant

Chloramine

Your water is treated with chloramine. Unlike chlorine, it doesn't gas off when water sits out, and many pitcher and fridge filters aren't rated to remove it. Conditioners that list chloramine on the label break it apart, which frees about 0.32 ppm of ammonia here. Some utilities switch to plain chlorine for a few weeks a year.

Safety for fish and shrimp

Ammonia (with conditioner)

Estimate

Up to 0.97 ppm (Low)

Typical 0.32 ppm

This is what a conditioner frees when it breaks the chloramine apart. A cycled filter clears it within a day.

Estimated from the chloramine level Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) reports (2025).

Nitrite (NO₂)

Up to 0.07 ppm (Low)

Typical 0.07 ppm

Essentially none, so any nitrite in your tank comes from the tank itself.

Published by your utility: Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD)'s 2025 water quality report.

Nitrate (NO₃)

Up to 31 ppm (Low)

Typical 1.3 ppm

Low, so water changes lower your tank's nitrate well.

Published by your utility: Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD)'s 2025 water quality report.

Copper at home taps (first draw)

0.07–1 ppm (Low)

The 90th percentile of first-draw samples from homes: water that sat in household pipes for at least six hours.

Low. Water that sits in household pipes overnight can carry more than this.

Published by your utility: Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD)'s 2025 water quality report.

Chlorine or chloramine at the tap

0–4 ppm

Typical 1.3 ppm

At tap levels, chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, shrimp and the bacteria in a filter. Water conditioners are made for this range.

Published by your utility: Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD)'s 2025 water quality report.

Water chemistry

General hardness

Not published yet

We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.

Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)

Not published yet

We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.

pH

9.3–9.5

Typical 9.3

Alkaline. Many utilities raise pH to protect pipes. Stability matters more than the exact number.

From EPA monitoring data (2014–2017).

  • Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) softens its water at the plant, so it may be softer than the local groundwater.

Who supplies Kendall West, FL

Our data comes from public records and is still incomplete. Many utilities don't publish every number, so we're adding more all the time. Your city's range is a starting point: testing your own tap is the only way to know exactly what's in it.

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