Orange stains, rotten-egg smell, hard-water scale or sand in the water? We test your water and install the right softener, iron and sulfur filter, UV and drinking-water system for your well or city water.
City water arrives treated and disinfected. A private well delivers whatever is in the ground. In Central Florida that often means hard water from the limestone aquifer, iron that leaves orange stains, hydrogen sulfide that smells like rotten eggs, sand and sediment, and sometimes bacteria. One softener rarely fixes all of that. Well water usually needs a system: the right equipment, in the right order, sized for your well pump and household.
Blessed Solutions Plumbing (BSP1) installs well water filtration and softening systems for homes in St. Cloud, Orlando, Kissimmee and the rural areas around them, and we install water softeners and whole-house filters for city water too.
Removes: hardness minerals (calcium and magnesium) by ion exchange.
Pros: no more scale, longer life for the water heater and fixtures, easier cleaning, better soap lather.
Cons: uses salt and needs refills, adds a small amount of sodium, sends brine to the drain during regeneration, and does not remove chlorine, bacteria or most chemicals.
Removes: chlorine and chloramine taste and odor, and many organic chemicals.
Pros: better-tasting, better-smelling water at every tap, little maintenance, no salt.
Cons: does not soften water; the media has to be replaced on schedule.
Removes: iron, manganese and hydrogen sulfide.
Pros: ends staining and the rotten-egg smell.
Cons: needs periodic backwash and media service; must be sized to your well flow.
Treats: bacteria and other microorganisms.
Pros: no chemicals added to the water.
Cons: needs clear water ahead of it (sediment and iron removed first) and a yearly lamp change.
Many homes need a combination. A typical city water setup is a whole-house carbon filter plus a softener. A typical well water setup is a sediment filter, an iron/sulfur filter, a softener and UV, often with a reverse-osmosis unit at the kitchen sink for drinking water.
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We treat both. Moving from a well to city water? See our septic-to-sewer and well-to-city-water service.
Scale and sediment shorten water heater life. Treatment pays back in fewer water heater repairs.
Same-day service, financing with Wisetack and a written warranty.
A softener removes hardness minerals that cause scale. A carbon filter removes chlorine taste and odor and many chemicals. They solve different problems, so many homes on city water use both. Well water often also needs an iron/sulfur filter and UV.
That smell is usually hydrogen sulfide gas in the groundwater. It is common in Florida wells and is removed with a sulfur or iron filter, often using air injection. If the smell is only in hot water, the water heater anode rod can also be involved.
A softener can handle small amounts of iron, but high iron fouls the resin. Wells with noticeable staining usually need a dedicated iron filter ahead of the softener.
Softening adds a small amount of sodium. Most people drink it without issue, but anyone on a low-sodium diet can use a reverse-osmosis unit at the kitchen sink or keep one cold-water line unsoftened.
Health officials recommend testing a private well at least once a year for bacteria, and again after flooding, repairs or any change in taste, smell or color.
Salt for the softener, periodic filter media service or cartridge changes, and a yearly UV lamp replacement. We set the schedules at installation and can service the system for you.
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