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Sourced, dated, and written to be useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.

Do I need a water softener in Colorado Springs?

Short answer: on mountain-sourced Colorado Springs Utilities water, almost certainly not. Here's the long answer, with the numbers.

Well water in El Paso County: what the data actually shows

Falcon, Peyton, Black Forest, Calhan, Ellicott and Yoder. If you're on a well, every published average is useless to you — and the spread is the whole story.

PFAS in Security, Widefield and Fountain: where things actually stand

This community was lied to for years. We're not going to add to it in order to sell a filter.

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Find out what's actually in your water.

We test at your kitchen sink, walk you through the results and your utility's own published report, and give you a written recommendation. If your water doesn't need treatment, we'll say so and leave.