How this site works, and what it will not do

Pipes North of Orlando is a set of plain-language notes about the water that comes out of local taps, the pipes it runs through and the septic tank or sewer line it leaves by. It covers the cities of Seminole County, the OUC side of Orlando and the rural east of the county, where many homes have a private well and a septic tank. Think of it as the home section of a small weekly, minus the ads.

Where the information comes from

Every page is built from public sources: county and city utilities, the water management district, state agencies such as the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection, federal agencies, universities and the makers of the equipment in question. Those sources are linked inside each page, right where the claim is made, and gathered in a numbered list near the bottom. If you want to check a number, you can click straight through to the utility report or rule it came from.

When a source could not be read or two sources disagreed, the page says so, or it leaves the point out and tells you who to ask. A utility that does not publish a hardness figure, for example, is listed as not publishing one rather than given a guess.

Dates and figures

Each page shows the date it was last updated. The figures on the site, from watering days to chlorine levels, were checked in October 2026. Utilities put out new reports every year and rules change, so treat a number as current as of that date and confirm anything important with the agency named beside it.

What this site is not

This is not a plumbing company, a utility or a government agency. Nobody here does repairs, installs or inspections, and there is no phone line, email address or contact form. The pages can help you understand a water report, get ready for storm season or ask a contractor better questions, but they cannot look at your house.

For anything beyond simple homeowner tasks, such as closing a valve or reading your meter, the pages point you to a licensed professional and to the state's license lookup. Our hiring a plumber page explains how that lookup works. In an emergency, call 911.

Who owns the site, and how it handles links to the owners' own businesses, is explained on the ownership page. What the site does and does not collect is on the privacy page.