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Brandon Residents: It’s Time to Adjust Water Softener Settings

                (Oct. 27, 2025) The City of Brandon’s much awaited softened water supply is now flowing to homes and businesses. The reverse osmosis (RO) system at the expanded water treatment plant has reduced the hardness level, or amount of dissolved minerals in the water, from 24 grains per gallon (gpg) to 12 gpg.

                If you have water softener, now is the time to adjust the softening setting to 12 gpg. If you need assistance adjusting your softener setting, please contact your water softener provider for help.

                The benefits of softened water include less calcium buildup on appliances and water fixtures which can result in longer appliance and fixture lifespans, and a reduction of home water softener salt usage.

                We thank Brandon residents for their patience over the past three years through the water treatment plant expansion project and this year as we brought the RO system online. We’ve all been anxiously waiting for this day to come. Softer water is finally here.

                The expansion project increased the Brandon Water Treatment Plant’s capacity from 2,000 gallons per minute to approximately 4,000 gallons per minute. In addition to the new RO system, the water treatment plant utilizes filtration and chemical treatment to provide high-quality drinking water to Brandon residents. 

LEAF DROP-OFF NOTICE

The City of Brandon is sponsoring its 2025 Free Leaf Drop-Off Days on:

Saturday, October 18
Saturday, November 1
Saturday November 15

Bring your bags and cans of leaves and leaf mulch to the MCHARDY PARK parking lot between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and dump them into a garbage truck furnished by Marv's Sanitary Service. Only leaves, mulch, pumpkins, veggies and garden items can be accepted. Leaves must be in cans or bags. NO branches, NO loose leaves and NO tarps accepted.
*Paid for by the City of Brandon*

CHAPTER 12-22 MOTORIZED FOOT SCOOTERS & ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTANCE DEVICES

Full Ordinance at: Scooter Ordinance  

Below is a brief summary:

Persons under 14 years of age, motorized foot scooters and electric personal assistance devices shall:

A. Not be driven on any street in which there is an adjacent sidewalk on either side of the road.

 B. Only be driven when wearing a helmet;

C. Only have one person on the device when it is being driven or ridden; and

 D. Not be driven in a speed exceeding 15 mph.

Persons 14 years of age and older, motorized foot scooters and electric personal assistance devices:

A. May be driven on the sidewalk and streets, however, where there is a shared use path the driver is to drive on the shared use path.

B. May not exceed a speed that applies to the street.