Water treatment in Chandler

Water Treatment Phoenix is an independent referral service, not an installer, plumber or water utility. When you send the form, your details go to an independent local water treatment pro who can contact you and prepare a quote.

Start with your provider’s report

This site prints hardness figures only from a water utility’s own report, for that utility’s customers. Which provider serves each address in Chandler, and its hardness, was not checked for this site, so no figure is given here. Look at your water bill for the provider’s name, then read its annual water quality report.

The report helps with the first question to ask: what contaminant do you want to remove or reduce? Then choose a unit certified by NSF, Underwriters Laboratories or the Water Quality Association to remove that contaminant.

The systems, side by side

What you notice	System	Standard
Scale, spots, soap scum	Water softener	NSF/ANSI 44
Taste or odor	Carbon filter	NSF/ANSI 42
A health contaminant such as lead	Filter certified for it	NSF/ANSI 53
Dissolved solids in drinking water	Reverse osmosis at one tap	NSF/ANSI 58
A concern found in a private well test	Ultraviolet	NSF/ANSI 55

Softeners

A softener treats hardness, which the USGS explains is mostly calcium and magnesium. It goes on the main line and treats the whole house. Size it to the hardness in your provider’s report or a tap test. See water softeners.

Filters

A filter is chosen for a taste, an odor or a named contaminant. EPA’s secondary standards give useful terms: iron at 0.3 mg/L can cause rusty color and staining, manganese at 0.05 mg/L black staining, chloride at 250 mg/L a salty taste. They are non-mandatory guidelines. See water filtration.

Reverse osmosis

RO forces water through a semi-permeable membrane, EPA’s WaterSense program explains, and can potentially remove contaminants such as lead, PFAS and arsenic. It serves one tap. A typical unit sends five gallons or more to the drain per gallon treated; WaterSense labeled units send 2.3 or less. See reverse osmosis.

Combining systems

If you notice more than one problem, the systems can be combined: a softener on the main line, a filter beside it, RO at the kitchen sink. Ask why each part is there and what it is certified for, and check permits with the City of Chandler before work starts.

Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet systems treat water with UV light, and NSF/ANSI 55 is the standard for them, in Class A and Class B. Ask what a UV unit is certified to do. Where a home draws from a private well, EPA advises private well owners to test every year for total coliform bacteria, nitrates, total dissolved solids and pH, using a certified laboratory, and to choose treatment from the results.

What to send with your request

The more the pro knows, the better the first conversation. On the form, pick what you notice. If you can, have these ready for when the pro can contact you: your provider’s name from the water bill, the hardness and dissolved solids figures from its report, what equipment is already in the house, and where the main line enters. With that, the pro can suggest what to test and which system to look at.

Upkeep, system by system

• Softener: salt in the brine tank and the maker’s service schedule.
• Filters: cartridges or media changed on the maker’s schedule.
• Reverse osmosis: prefilters, membrane and final filter on the maker’s schedule.
• UV: the lamp and sleeve on the maker’s schedule.

Health questions

This site makes no health claim for treated water and gives no verdict on anyone’s tap water. Hardness is not a health standard; the City of Phoenix report, for one, says taste, odor and hardness are not regulated under drinking water health standards. For health questions, ask your doctor and read your provider’s report on the contaminants it regulates.

To ask for a quote in Chandler, send the form with your ZIP code and what you notice. Your request goes to an independent water treatment pro who works in the Valley, who can contact you, test your water and prepare a quote. Asking is free, and you are never obliged to go ahead. If you are not sure which system you need, choose “Not sure” on the form and describe what you see when the pro can contact you. Have your water bill to hand, so you can name your provider.