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The Bal Harbour handbook

Living in Bal Harbour, FL: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Bal Harbour comes from the Bal Harbour Village water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.7 ppb. Public schools here are run by Dade County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bal Harbour, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Bal Harbour.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bal Harbour. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Bal Harbour Village water system

The Bal Harbour Village water system supplies almost all of Bal Harbour. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department and City of North Miami as sellers) and serves 3,209 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1160.0 ppb. That’s lower than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL4130077.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Bal Harbour

100% of 235 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 79% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BreezelineCable, Fiber98%1,000/50
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber95%100/20
Hotwire CommunicationsFiber84%2,500/2,500
XfinityFiber15%2,000/2,000
VerizonFixed wireless94%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless74%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Bal Harbour’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bal Harbour.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bal Harbour kids go to
PK–5218 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8117 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1261 high schoolsDepends on your address

Bal Harbour is in Dade County School District.

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bal Harbour is in ZIP code 33154

ZIP codes where Bal Harbour residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bal HarbourZIP’s residents in Bal Harbour
33154Miami Beach, FL100%21%
Area code305Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Bal Harbour

Who supplies Bal Harbour’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Bal Harbour Village water system (EPA ID FL4130077). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bal Harbour?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bal Harbour?

Breezeline, AT&T, Hotwire Communications, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bal Harbour?

33154. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bal Harbour in?

Dade County School District.

How do I register to vote in Bal Harbour?

In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.