Lake County carbon filters, and probably no softener.
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Take the first step towards cleaner water.
Nearly everyone in this county drinks treated lake water. Taste is the real complaint, and that’s a cheaper fix than the one you were about to be sold.
- Free in-home test
- Licensed & insured
- We’ll tell you to skip it
Towns
Every town we cover in Lake County
Towns here don’t all get their water from the same place. Find yours below.
Eastlake, OH
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Kirtland, OH
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Mentor, OH
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Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
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Painesville, OH
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Wickliffe, OH
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Willoughby, OH
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Willoughby Hills, OH
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Willowick, OH
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Fairport Harbor, OH
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Grand River, OH
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Kirtland Hills, OH
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Lakeline, OH
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Madison, OH
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North Perry, OH
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Perry, OH
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Timberlake, OH
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Waite Hill, OH
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Concord Township, OH
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Leroy Township, OH
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Madison Township, OH(North Madison)
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Painesville Township, OH(Painesville-on-the-Lake)
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Perry Township, OH
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What we do about it here
This county runs opposite to the rest of our map. The lake does most of the work, so the honest answer is usually less equipment rather than more.
We talk you out of it
On lake water the hardness is moderate. We’ll say so and leave without selling.
Taste, not scale
What people notice here comes from disinfecting the water. Carbon handles that.
Which plant serves you
Several systems draw from the same lake at different points. They don’t all match.
A well here’s different
The few homes on wells face the hardest groundwater around. That one needs real work.
Where we work in Lake County
Mentor, Painesville, Willoughby, Eastlake, Madison, Perry, North Perry, Unionville and Wickliffe. Several separate utilities serve those towns from the same lake. Which one reaches your street is the first thing we establish.
Wikipedia has the county's history and towns. If you’re on a well, read what the Lake County General Health District says about the groundwater here first.
On a well here, the problem is the opposite
Only a small number of homes are. The county health district calls this a poor county for groundwater, much of it over shale, and that water tends to arrive heavy with iron and manganese. City water and well water here need almost nothing in common.
What fits
The systems Lake County homes usually need
On lake water the useful purchases are about taste and drinking water, not about scale. On a well here, the list is completely different.
Standard Whole-Home Softener + Filtration
Handles the two things almost every home around here has going on at once.
- Free in-home water test
- Free installation
- Lifetime warranty
Lake County questions
Do you work in every part of Lake County?
Yes. We work in every city, village and township in Lake County. The full list is near the top of this page.
How do I book a visit in Lake County?
Fill in the form at the top of this page or call us. We set a time that suits you and confirm it.
Is the water test really free in Lake County?
Yes. The test is free, and you keep the numbers whether you buy anything or not.
Is Lake County water hard?
Moderately, and that word is doing real work. Painesville publishes its hardness. It sits in the moderate band on the national scale, not the hard one. Plenty of homes here will never need a softener. A test at your own tap tells you if yours is one of them.
Then why does my water taste like a pool?
Because it’s lake water, and lake water has to be disinfected. Chlorine reacts with organic material the lake carries. What you taste and smell are the byproducts. Every system in the county reports them in the same range, under the federal limit. Carbon takes the taste out. A softener does nothing for it.
I saw something about PFAS in the county report. Should I worry?
Read the report, and read the limit next to it. One county sub-district did detect several PFAS compounds. A separate utility serving Mentor reported none at all. So the answer depends on which plant serves you, and the detected levels were below the federal limits that take effect later this decade. If it still worries you, reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap is the equipment that handles it. We aren’t going to tell you the number you’re looking at is an emergency, because it isn’t.
I am on a well in Lake County. Is that different?
Very. The county health district calls this a poor county for groundwater, much of it drawn through shale. It describes that water as heavily mineralised, with iron and manganese among the usual finds. If you’re one of the few on a well here, you likely need more treatment than your neighbours, not less.
Who installs the system?
Installed by a licensed professional.
Free water test
Find out what’s in your water in Lake County
We test your water at the kitchen sink, and you keep the results whether you buy anything or not.
- Free in-home water test
- Free installation
- Lifetime warranty