Water Softeners & Water Filtration in Friendswood, TX

Friendswood straddles Galveston and Harris counties, and its homes are served by the City of Friendswood, the City of Houston, League City, Pearland, and nearby MUDs. Much of the water in this area is treated surface water, with groundwater wells in the mix.

Your utility decides what is in your tap water. Here is what shows up in this area, and what treatment does about each one.

A twin-tank whole-home softener and filtration system with brine tank.

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The same systems we install throughout the Houston area. See specs, warranties, and package details.

Water Softeners

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 Friendswood-Area Water

Chlorine, chloramine, and disinfection byproducts

Every public system disinfects, and it has to. That is what makes water safe to deliver. The trade-off is chlorine or chloramine taste and smell, plus byproducts like trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids that form when disinfectant reacts with organic material. Activated carbon filtration and reverse osmosis both reduce these.

Hard water

The most common complaint we hear in Friendswood. Calcium and magnesium leave scale on fixtures, spots on glassware, film in the shower, and stiffness in laundry. Scale is also hard on your water heater, dishwasher, and tankless units. Hardness is what an ion exchange softener is built for.

Water that changes

Utilities in the Friendswood area use both treated surface water and groundwater from wells, and some blend the two. When the mix changes, hardness, taste, and odor can change with it. A softener and carbon filtration keep your water consistent no matter which source is feeding your line.

Iron, manganese, and other minerals

These come from natural mineral deposits in area groundwater. They cause rust staining, discoloration, and metallic taste. Ion exchange, iron filtration, and reverse osmosis address most of them.

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

Because Friendswood is served by more than one provider, your street may have different water than a neighborhood a few miles away. 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 Friendswood

We install and service whole-home water softeners, whole-home filtration, and PureGuard reverse osmosis drinking water systems throughout the Friendswood 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 Friendswood

Friendswood, Wedgewood Village, Polly Ranch, Heritage Park, Baybrook, and the 77546 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 Pearland, Houston and Sugar Land.

Already Have a System?

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

Get Your Friendswood 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 Friendswood 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.