The City of Pompano Beach took on a major expansion of its municipal water system in the 1950s.

A second water well was drilled in 1950 north of NE 10th Street, west of the airport property. The following year a new water plant was constructed in the same area. The new water plant included a 300,000 gallon ground reservoir.

In 1952 a third well was drilled on the what is today the city's tree nursery, south of NE 10th Street and east of NE 3rd Avenue. This was followed in 1955 by a fourth deep well, located on western edge of airport property.

A second elevated water tank was added in 1957, in the vicinity of Indian Mound Park.

All this was accompanied by a major expansion of the water lines, both within and outside the Pompano Beach city limits.