Water Treatment in Sarasota
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The City Softens It. It Still Arrives Hard.
City of Sarasota does more than most utilities. They pull from the Upper Floridan aquifer out at Verna and downtown, then run it through reverse osmosis and softening before it ever leaves the plant.
It still lands hard at your tap. Softer than what came out of the ground, sure. Still hard enough to scale a heating element and spot your glasses.
And not every Sarasota address is even on city water. Head into the surrounding area and you’re on Sarasota County instead. Different source, different water.
Two supplies. They don’t read the same.
So we test at your tap instead of quoting off a map.
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We Test
Free test at your kitchen tap. City supply or county.
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We Check Which Supply
City of Sarasota and Sarasota County aren't the same water. Your address decides.
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We Install
Sized to your reading, fitted on the main line. Every tap covered.
What It Does To A Water Heater
Scale settles on the heating element and piles up in the bottom of the tank. Now your heater’s working longer to hit the same temperature, so the power bill creeps up before anything actually breaks.
Then it dies years early. Around here that’s the expensive one.
A softener stops the buildup. It won’t undo what’s already caked in there. That’s the argument for doing it before the heater goes instead of after.
One thing worth saying up front. A salt softener adds sodium to your water. If somebody in the house is watching their salt, tell us and we’ll spec around it.
- City of Sarasota or Sarasota County, we test both
- Softened at the plant and still hard at your tap
- Free test before anyone talks equipment
Frequently Asked Questions About Sarasota
Is Sarasota city water hard?
Yeah, even after the plant works on it. The city pulls from the Floridan aquifer out at the Verna wellfield and downtown, then runs it through reverse osmosis and softening before it ever leaves. That knocks a lot of the hardness out. It still shows up at your tap hard enough to leave scale on your fixtures and spots on your glasses, which is why we get so many calls here.
Why does my Sarasota water taste and smell like chlorine?
Chlorine goes in before the water heads out to your neighborhood, and it has to. That's what keeps it clean on the trip through the pipes. It's not a safety issue, it's just unpleasant. A whole home filter takes it out at every tap, and an RO unit handles what you drink.
Am I on city water or county water?
Depends where you live. Inside the city limits you're on City of Sarasota Utilities. A lot of the surrounding area is Sarasota County, and they pull from different sources including the Peace River. The two aren't the same water, which is why we test at your house instead of quoting off a map.
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