Water Quality Solutions in Northern Virginia

Water Softening Systems

Hard water is a problem. If your home has hard water, your water picks up compounds like magnesium and calcium and carries them into aquifers as it flows through underground rock and soil formations. 

How “hard” or “soft” water is depends on the amount of calcium carbonate it contains. Soft water has less than 60 milligrams per liter, and hard water has between 121 and 180 milligrams per liter.

Hard water does not necessarily pose a health risk, but it can be a nuisance in your daily life. It will leave deposits in water supply lines and faucets that eventually reduce water flow. Plus, the excessive buildup of this scale can shorten the service lives of your appliances and plumbing system.

Telltale signs your home has hard water and could benefit from a water softener include:

• Low water pressure throughout the house, including low-flow faucets
• Difficult-to-clean white residue known as limescale on fixtures, sinks, and tiles
• Laundry that looks dull and dingy, with white clothing yellowing over time
• Fabrics feel scratchy and rough
• Cloudy spots or film on drinking glasses
• Hair feels sticky and looks dull, eventually suffering damage and breakage
• Appliances that do not work as well as they used to, especially the water heater

How Does Water Softening Work?

Water softeners are designed to remove excess minerals from your water to keep your appliances functioning and your plumbing free of damaging buildup. M.E. Flow is prepared to install a DROP City Water Softener that eliminates hardness from your home’s water and helps you maximize water efficiency. It can even automatically shut off your water if it senses an emergency. The system is easily adapted to any size home and can be integrated with a leak detection system to provide even more peace of mind. 

Water Filtration Systems

Are you constantly buying bottled water because you do not like the taste or smell of the water from your tap? Our family-owned business can help you explore dependable water quality solutions in Northern Virginia. For example, our affordable, easy-to-install, and low-maintenance water filtration systems are great for removing odors, bacteria, and general bad tastes, delivering fresh, pure water to every fixture.

The Benefit of Water Filtration

Many municipal water treatment facilities in this region use chlorine to kill harmful bacteria in the water supply. While this is in some ways a practical solution, it can also dry out your skin, damage plastics and rubber seals in appliances, cause clothing to fade, and leave a bad taste in your water.

Signs your home needs water filtration include water that tastes unpleasant, has an “off” smell, leaves stains on fixtures and clothing, or is not completely clear. We can install a whole-house filtration system that ensures you have cleaner and purer drinking water. It also delivers filtered water to your showerheads, appliances, and other household water outlets. Like water softeners, our whole-home water filtration systems can also be integrated with DROP leak detectors.

Depending on your needs and budget, system options include:

• Reverse osmosis
• Ultraviolet purification
• Ultrafiltration
• Water softeners