Water Softeners & Water Filtration in Dickinson, TX

Most Dickinson homes get water from the Dickinson Water Control and Improvement District (Dickinson WCID), formerly Galveston County WCID No. 1. The district buys all of its water as treated surface water from the Gulf Coast Water Authority's Thomas S. Mackey Water Treatment Plant, which draws from the Brazos River.

Dickinson moved off groundwater in 1983 to slow land subsidence, so the water here is river water, not well water. Here is what shows up in Dickinson water, and what treatment does about each one.

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Whole-home softening to stop hard water damage to your pipes, fixtures, and appliances.

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Whole-Home Filtration

Filtration for city and private well water — iron, sediment, chlorine, and more.

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Drinking Water & RO

Reverse osmosis systems for clean, great-tasting drinking water at the tap.

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What Shows Up in Dickinson Water

Chloramine

Dickinson's water is disinfected with chloramine, which is chlorine combined with ammonia. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes than chlorine, but it has its own taste and smell, and ordinary carbon filters do not remove it as well. Catalytic carbon and reverse osmosis are built for it.

The spring chlorine switch

Each year, typically in April, the system temporarily switches from chloramine to free chlorine to clean the lines. Many people notice a stronger chlorine taste and smell while it runs. Carbon filtration takes the edge off.

Disinfection byproducts

Byproducts like trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids form when disinfectant reacts with natural organic material, which river water carries more of than well water. Public systems must keep them within federal limits. Activated carbon filtration and reverse osmosis both reduce them.

Hard water

Calcium and magnesium leave scale on fixtures, spots on glassware, film in the shower, and buildup in water heaters and tankless units. River water hardness can change with the seasons and river conditions, so a test at your sink shows where your water is today.

Lead

The district reports no lead service lines in its system. Older homes can still have lead solder or fixtures inside the house, and reverse osmosis reduces lead at the kitchen tap.

Which Treatment Handles What

• Ion exchange softener — hardness, plus some minerals and radiological elements
• Activated carbon filtration — chlorine, taste and odor, and disinfection byproducts
• Reverse osmosis — the broadest reduction, including arsenic, chromium-6, radium, uranium, and nitrate
• Sediment filtration — particulate and turbidity

This is why our packages pair a whole-home system with a drinking water system. A softener handles the water that goes on you. Reverse osmosis handles the water that goes in you. Neither one does the other job.

Find Out What Is In Your Water Specifically

Most of Dickinson is on one district, but neighborhoods at the edges of town and in nearby communities are served by other systems. Two ways to find out what yours is:

• Check your ZIP code below and read its full water report. Your utility name is on your water bill.
• Or let us test your water at your kitchen sink: hardness, chlorine, and total dissolved solids, with the results in front of you.

What We Install in Dickinson

We install and service whole-home water softeners, whole-home filtration, and PureGuard reverse osmosis drinking water systems throughout the Dickinson area. Our SENTINEL ELITE package combines all three plus leak detection. Salt delivery and filter changes are covered by the UnitedCare Membership.

Communities We Serve in Dickinson

Dickinson, the neighborhoods along Dickinson Bayou, San Leon, and the 77539 ZIP code.

Nearby Areas We Serve

Water changes from one provider to the next, so it is worth checking your own area. We also serve League City, Friendswood, Pearland and Houston.

Already Have a System?

We service and repair water treatment equipment in Dickinson, typically within 24 to 48 hours, including systems we did not install. See water softener repair, filtration repair, and reverse osmosis repair.

Get Your Dickinson Water Tested

We will test at your sink and walk you through what the numbers mean, with no obligation.

Call United Water Softeners at 281-240-0261 or request a free in-home water test.

Public water systems serving the Dickinson area are regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and are required to meet federal drinking water standards. Water quality varies by provider and by address. United Water Softeners · TCEQ Licensed WTS III.