Water softeners
Sized to the hardness your city's own report publishes.
Water treatment sized to your city's hardness.
Is your water hard? Your city already measured it.
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5.4 gpg
Moderate, WQA scale
Softener optional. Flush your water heater yearly.
Softener or carbon filter?
Softener
- Removes hardness minerals
- Stops scale in heaters and fixtures
- Pays off in Round Rock and Georgetown
Carbon filter
- Removes chloramine taste and smell
- Austin Water treats with chloramine
- Pairs with a softener on hard water
Water filtration
Carbon for chloramine taste, reverse osmosis at the sink.
What Austin homeowners ask about water quality.
Not sure what's in your water? Ask a technician.
How do I find my city's water hardness?
Your water utility publishes it every year in its water quality report, often in mg/L. Divide by 17.1 for grains per gallon. On a well, test the water instead.
What's the difference between hard water and chloramine?
Hardness is dissolved minerals that leave spots and scale; a softener removes them. Chloramine is the disinfectant behind a chlorine-like taste; a carbon filter removes it.
Does hard water shorten a water heater's life?
It adds scale to tanks and tankless heat exchangers. Flush a tank yearly and descale a tankless unit on schedule, more often in Round Rock and Georgetown.