High Dissolved Solids
Dissolved solids are all the minerals and metals your water picked up along the way. The total is not a contaminant by itself, but it tracks with bad taste and with scale.
Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water In North Texas
Reverse osmosis treats your water at one tap, usually the kitchen sink. It purifies the water you use for drinking, cooking, and making ice. We help you choose a system that fits your water, your sink, and your budget.
What You Notice In Your Glass
Signs You Need Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water
You Buy Bottled Water Every Week
Cases of water are a standing item on your grocery list. A system at the sink gives you the same water from your own tap.
Coffee And Tea Taste Off
Brewing concentrates whatever is in your water. A taste you barely notice from the tap becomes obvious in the cup.
Cloudy Ice And White Scale In Your Kettle
Both are dissolved minerals left behind when water freezes or boils away. The water leaves and the minerals do not.
Your Water Tastes Metallic, Salty, Or Flat
Taste is a rough guide to how much is dissolved in your water. It is usually what sends people looking for an answer.
A Notice From Your City Or A Well Test
A letter naming one contaminant changes the question. Now you need a system rated for that specific thing.
Spots On Glasses Straight Out Of The Dishwasher
Dissolved solids in the rinse water dry onto the glass. Your dishwasher is working. Your water is the problem.
What Is Actually In Your Drinking Water
Common Drinking Water Problems In North Texas
A Fouled Membrane
The membrane is a part that wears out. Sediment, hard minerals, and chlorine all shorten its life, which is why prefilters sit in front of it.
A Tank That Is Too Small
Reverse osmosis makes water slowly and stores it in a tank. A tank sized too small runs dry during a busy evening and needs hours to refill.
Water Sent To The Drain
Every system sends some water down the drain to carry off what the membrane rejects. How much depends on the design and on what is in your water.
How It Works
How Reverse Osmosis Works
Reverse osmosis pushes your water through a very fine membrane. The openings pass water and block most of what is dissolved in it. The pressure already in your plumbing does the pushing.
What the membrane rejects goes down the drain. The clean water collects in a small tank under your sink until you open the faucet.
Because it works slowly, reverse osmosis treats one tap instead of your whole house. That tap is usually at the kitchen sink, where you fill glasses, pots, and ice trays.
A home system is a series of stages, not one device. Sediment and carbon filters come first and exist to protect the membrane. The membrane does the real work. A last filter after the tank keeps the water tasting fresh.
When a system stops performing, a missed filter change is usually the reason. Each stage has its own schedule, and the membrane pays for the prefilter nobody changed.
From Consultation To Completion In 3 Easy Steps
01Water Quality Review
Understanding your water quality today helps us build out the water filtration system for your tomorrow. Optional in-home testing is available.
02Clear Recommendations
We determine the right water filtration equipment to solve your unique problems. Each component is specifically chosen to deliver exceptional results.
03Professional Installation
Licensed and insured plumbers install, calibrate, and configure your system. Backed by a 100% workmanship guarantee and manufacturer equipment warranties.
What It Costs
What Affects Cost
No two kitchens are the same, so we do not publish one price. These are the things that move the number. We go through them with you before we quote, and there is never any pressure to buy.
- How many stages the system has and how the membrane is rated
- Whether it feeds only your sink or your refrigerator and ice maker too
- The size of the storage tank and the space under your cabinet
- Whether a new hole has to be drilled in your counter or sink
- Whether a drain and a water line are already under the sink
- How often the filters and the membrane need replacing
Questions We Hear Often
Questions About Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water
Does reverse osmosis take out minerals I want to keep?
It lowers dissolved minerals across the board and does not sort the good from the bad. Some systems add a stage after the membrane to put a little back for taste. Almost all of the minerals in your diet come from food and not from your water.
Can it feed my refrigerator and ice maker?
Usually yes. We run a line from the system over to your fridge. The limits are the distance, whether the system keeps up with your ice use, and whether the tubing can be routed.
Why does the water come out of the faucet so slowly?
You are watching the storage tank empty, not the membrane working. Slow flow usually means the tank pressure is low or the last filter is due for a change.
How much water goes down the drain?
That depends on the system and on what is in your water. Higher-efficiency systems send less. Harder water sends more, because there is more to carry away.
More Ways We Can Help
Other Water Treatment Services
Whole-Home Water Filtration
Treat your entire home. Showers, sinks, and appliances all use pure water
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Well Water Treatment
Eliminate the rust staining and rotten egg smell from your well’s water
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Water Softener Systems
Protect your plumbing and appliances by removing calcium and other hard minerals
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City Water Treatment
Provide your home with clean water by removing the chemicals used in city water
Explore serviceFind Out What Is In Your Drinking Water
Tell us what your water tastes like at the kitchen sink. We will help you figure out what is causing it, whether reverse osmosis is the right fix, and what else your water may need.