Highland Beach, Florida
Water softener installation in Highland Beach
We install water softeners in Highland Beach sized from a free test at your kitchen sink, with the softener and reverse osmosis package from $2,850 installed and a lifetime warranty. Highland Beach water scores 8.5/10 on our Honest Water Score today.
Highland Beach is on Town of Highland Beach Water, and like 13 of the county's 15 utilities it leaves finished hardness out of its report, so the free test at your sink is how you find out.
Highland Beach water
What Highland Beach’s water report means for a softener
Highland Beach water is treated by Town of Highland Beach Water. Treatment, per its own report: Full reverse osmosis, with hardness and alkalinity added back for stability. Among the most thoroughly treated water in the county. What’s left to fix is usually the chlorine taste.
A narrow strip of condos and beachfront houses, with its own full reverse osmosis plant since 2004. Long building risers mean the water sitting in the pipe matters as much as the water leaving the plant.
Going by the record, the likely starting point for a Highland Beach home is the Whole Home Water Filter (best for: homes where the water is already soft but the taste and the pipework are not). The free test confirms it or changes it, and you see the exact price before you decide.
Highland Beach next to its neighbours
- Boca Raton7.5/10, membrane plant or blend, 3 miles from Highland Beach
- Delray Beach5.0/10, lime softening only, 4 miles from Highland Beach
- Gulf Stream5.0/10, lime softening only, 6 miles from Highland Beach
How to choose
Which softener for your Highland Beach home
The three tiers are a genuine engineering difference in softening capacity, not a trim level. More capacity means longer between regenerations, which means less salt and less water used getting there.
Water Softener with Chlorine Filtration
Our best sellerHardness and chlorine, handled in one tank.
Best for: Most homes on city water anywhere in Palm Beach County
In Highland Beach: takes out the chlorine your utility adds, along with the hardness.
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Whole Home Water Softener
For the hardness, and everything hardness ruins.
Best for: Homes where the test comes back hard
In Highland Beach: for when the test at your sink comes back hard.
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Whole Home Water Filter
No salt, no drain, no maintenance.
Best for: Homes where the water is already soft but the taste and the pipework are not
In Highland Beach: for when the water tests soft but the taste and the pipework still need work.
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City Water Dual Tank
Two tanks: one softens, one filters.
Best for: Larger homes on municipal supply, and anyone who wants the fullest city-water build
In Highland Beach: for larger homes that want the fullest city-water build.
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Well Water Dual Tank
Built for a well, a different job.
Best for: Private wells anywhere in the county
In Highland Beach: for properties on a private well.
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Home Iron and Sulfur Removal System
For orange staining and the rotten-egg smell.
Best for: Any home with orange staining or a rotten-egg smell, usually, but not only, wells
In Highland Beach: for when the test shows orange staining or a sulfur smell.
Full specsWhat changes after it’s in
- Soap lathers properly, so you use noticeably less of it
- Glassware comes out of the dishwasher clear instead of cloudy
- Shower doors and fixtures stop crusting over between cleans
- Skin feels less tight and hair less brittle, usually within a week
- Your water heater stops scaling, which is where the long-term money is
Highland Beach water, on the record
- Supplier
- Town of Highland Beach Water
- Source water
- Own brackish Floridan aquifer wells, about 1,200 ft deep, the community has run its own plant since 2004
- Treatment
- Full reverse osmosis, with hardness and alkalinity added back for stability
- Disinfectant
- Chlorine
- Published hardness
- Left out of the report. We measure it free at your sink
- Honest Water Score
- 8.5/10 today, 9.5+ after an install
- Treatment tier
- Tier 1: Full reverse osmosis systems
The Honest Water Score is our score, built from official utility reports. The free test at your sink is the measurement.
Sources: Town of Highland Beach Annual Water Quality Report (2023, most recent posted); EPA: Consumer Confidence Reports
See the full county rankingsBook your free water test in Highland Beach
- We test at your own tap
- An exact price before you decide
- Free installation, lifetime warranty
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Softener installs, in their words
“Mike & Roger both serviced us with care, the were both polite, had amazing customer service, and showed genuine care into the craft. Very glad to have chose Honest Water!!”
“Really impressed with Honest Water. Mike is professional, reliable and provides a great service.”
Patrick B.Google reviewSep 2026“Their service was exceptional! Friendly, cordial, and efficient. They explained to me step by step how the system works, in addition to demonstrating the purity of the water. In summary, I would 100% recommend it!”
LuckkyGoogle reviewSep 2026Questions
Highland Beach softener FAQs
What is the water score in Highland Beach, and what does a softener change?
Highland Beach scores 8.5/10 on the Honest Water Score, our score built from official utility reports, against a county average of 6.1. The score rates what Town of Highland Beach Water does before the water leaves the plant; a softener and carbon filtration take over at your house, and after an install Highland Beach homes score 9.5+.
Who supplies water in Highland Beach, and does it soften the water first?
Town of Highland Beach Water supplies Highland Beach, and it treats thoroughly. Treatment, per its report: Full reverse osmosis, with hardness and alkalinity added back for stability. Utilities re-add some minerals for pipe stability, so a softener is rarely the first buy here; the test shows what is left.
What size water softener do I need in Highland Beach?
Size is driven by two things: how hard your water is and how much of it your household uses. Highland Beach is on Town of Highland Beach Water, which doesn't publish finished hardness, so the free test at your sink is the sizing input. Our Standard is 48,000 grains and suits most three to four bedroom homes; the XL is 64,000 and the Dual Tank is 96,000.
Will a softener fix the taste of my Highland Beach water?
Partly. Our whole-home systems pair softening resin with coconut-shell carbon, so they take out chlorine along with the hardness, and chlorine is usually what people are tasting. For drinking water specifically, reverse osmosis goes considerably further.
Do water softeners waste a lot of water?
A softener regenerates periodically and uses water to do it. Our systems use metered regeneration, which means it only regenerates when it has actually processed enough water to need to, rather than on a fixed timer. That's a meaningful difference in both salt and water use.
How much salt will I go through?
It depends on your hardness and usage. Most households top up the brine tank every one to two months. If you'd rather avoid salt entirely, our salt-free conditioner prevents scale without it, though it conditions rather than softens, and we'll be straight with you about that difference.
Free water test
Find out what's actually in your water in Highland Beach
We test at your kitchen sink, show you the result and size a system to your home. Free, with an exact price before you decide.
- Free in-home water test
- Exact price up front
- Lifetime warranty
Prefer to talk? Call Mike on (561) 354-3095