Water Filtration in Nampa, ID
Softening handles scale. Filtration handles what you can taste and smell.
What goes wrong
Water that tastes of chlorine, smells faintly of sulphur, leaves sediment in an aerator, or stains a basin orange. None of those are hardness, so a softener will not fix any of them. They are separate problems with separate causes, and treating the wrong one is the most common way people spend money here without solving anything.
How we handle it
We test before we recommend. What comes out of the tap decides the equipment: sediment filtration for grit, carbon for chlorine taste and odour, iron and sulphur filters for staining and smell, reverse osmosis for drinking water at a single tap, UV where biological treatment is warranted. Well supplies and city supplies need different answers.
What is included
- Water quality testing before any system is proposed
- Whole-house, point-of-use and reverse osmosis installation
- Sediment, carbon, iron and sulphur filter systems
- UV purification where testing supports it
- Filter replacement and system servicing
What it costs
Quoted after testing, because recommending a system before knowing what is in the water is guesswork. Equipment and installation are priced together, and estimates are free.
What this covers
The work that falls under water filtration, as listed on our Google Business Profile.
- Alkaline Water Filter Installation
- Carbon Filtration System Installation
- Carbon Water Filter Installation
- Chlorine Removal Filter
- Commercial Water Filtration
- Drinking Water Filter Installation
- Fluoride Removal Filter
- Iron & Sulfur Filter Installation
- Iron Filter Installation
- Lead Removal Water Filter
- Point-of-Use Water Filter Installation
- Reverse Osmosis System Installation
- Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration
- Sediment Filter Installation
- Under-Sink Water Filter Installation
- UV Water Purification System
- Water Filter Replacement Service
- Water Filtration Maintenance
- Water Filtration System Installation
- Water Filtration Systems
- Water Purification System Repair
- Water Quality Testing
- Water Treatment Services
- Water Treatment System Maintenance
- Well Water Treatment System
- Whole-Home Water Treatment Solutions
- Whole-House Water Filtration
Water Filtration questions
Not answered here? Call and describe what you are seeing. We will tell you what it needs before anyone comes out.
(208) 870-0148Do I need filtration if I already have a softener?
Possibly, because they do different jobs. A softener deals with hardness and scale. If your water still tastes of chlorine, smells odd or leaves sediment, that is a filtration question and the softener was never going to address it. Plenty of homes here run both.
What is reverse osmosis, and does the whole house need it?
Reverse osmosis pushes water through a very fine membrane and produces high-purity water, which is why it is normally fitted at one drinking tap rather than to the whole house. Whole-house RO is rarely the right answer for a home, because you do not need that level of treatment for a shower or a washing machine.
My water is orange or smells of eggs. What is that?
Orange staining usually points to iron, and a sulphur smell usually points to hydrogen sulphide, both of which are common on well supplies. Neither is a hardness problem and neither is fixed by softening alone. Both are treatable, but the right filter depends on the concentration, which is why we test first.
How often do filters need changing?
It depends on the system and on how much sediment your supply carries, so we tell you the interval for the equipment you actually have rather than a generic figure. The sign you have left it too long is falling pressure at the fixtures the system feeds.
Related services
- Water SoftenersHard water is the reason so much plumbing in this valley wears out early.
- Water Heater Repair & InstallationRepair when repair makes sense, replacement when it does not, and we will tell you which is which.
- Plumbing Repairs & ReplacementsThe general call, for the problems that do not fit neatly into a category.