The problem
Scale builds inside your water heater and pipes and shortens their life. Glasses spot. Soap won't lather. Laundry comes out stiff. On a well, add iron staining on top. None of it is your fault — it's 15.8 grains of dissolved rock — and all of it is fixable.
Scale
chokes water heaters, pipes and fixtures
Spotting
film on glasses, faucets and shower doors
Stiff wash
soap and detergent that won't lather
Iron stains
orange staining on well water
The lineup
Metered ion-exchange softener. Built for Williamson County hard water.
Softening plus whole-house carbon filtration. One system, both jobs.
Metered coconut-shell carbon. Chlorine, taste and odor — no salt.
The job, start to finish
Give us your ZIP and whether you're on city water or a well. We schedule a time that works.
About 20 minutes at your tap — hardness, iron and more. You keep the numbers no matter what.
If a system makes sense, you get the exact unit, the exact price and financing. Then we install it right.
Texas rule most companies skip
Texas Health & Safety Code §366.013 says homes on a septic system may only install a softener that uses demand-initiated regeneration — the metered kind that only regenerates when needed. That rule quietly rules out the cheap timer units some outfits still quote. Every system we sell already meets it.
Read the Texas septic rulesAre water softeners banned in Texas?
No. There is no Texas ban on salt-based water softeners — the "banned in Texas" claims trace to marketing for salt-free systems. The only real requirement is that septic homes use a demand-initiated-regeneration unit under Texas H&S Code §366.013, which is the metered type we install.
Straight answers
Very hard. The City of Round Rock's 2024 water quality report — the regional supply for much of the county — puts hardness between 184 and 358 ppm, averaging about 271 ppm. That's roughly 15.8 grains per gallon, well into the 'very hard' range. Homes on wells north and west of Georgetown can run harder still.
Yes. There is no Texas ban on salt-based water softeners — claims otherwise come from sites selling salt-free alternatives. The one real rule (Texas Health & Safety Code §366.013) requires homes on septic to use a demand-initiated-regeneration softener, which is exactly the metered type we install.
The Diamond Soft 30,000-grain softener is $6,480 installed, the softener + whole-house filter combo is $9,997, and the Black Diamond carbon filter is $6,280. Financing is available and every price is published — no "call for a quote."
Yes. We cover Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Hutto, Pflugerville, Liberty Hill, Taylor, Jarrell, Salado, Granger and Burnet — the whole Williamson County area and the greater North Austin metro.
One free 20-minute test gives you the numbers and a straight answer. No obligation.