Common water problems and solutions

HARD WATER: Excessive calcium and magnesium can cause scale buildup in the piping, discolor fixtures, and leave water spots on glassware. Hot water appliances and furnace coils can experience a heavy buildup of deposits that reduces their efficiency and lifespan. Softeners are the correct fix.

Iron and Manganese: Excessive levels of these minerals will build-up and stain plumbing fixtures. You can remove the toilet tank cover to get a visual confirmation of this problem but more than likely your toilet bowl is permanently stained a reddish brown or black color. In addition, laundry "whites" are now yellowed. The two types of iron are "clear water" and "red water". You may have one or both of these types of Iron and that will affect the corrective action for this problem

LOW pH: Low pH will corrode copper plumbing. An acceptable range is between  6.5 and 8.5 pH. Levels below 6.5 will start to corrode copper and leave green staining in the plumbing fixtures. Low pH may also leach lead out of the fittings and solder joints and into the water. If not corrected, continuous corrosion may lead to pinholes in copper pipes. A Neutralizer is one solution.

EXCESSIVE SEDIMENT: Sometimes a well will create excessive sediment that will overload a conventional "whole house" filter. A backwashing filter is designed to capture excessive debris and then automatically regenerate itself at a predetermined time.

This sounds like my problem ... what should I do next?  

The best approach to identifying and correcting these common problems it to first start with a water analysis report. If you cannot provide us with a recent report, we can draw a sample and have it processed by a reputable third party laboratory so that we can make an accurate assessment of the issue. The next step in the process is to make an on-site evaluation so that a system can be proposed that is properly sized for your home.

Please call us anytime to discuss your water quality issues.