Licensed plumbers who test first, then install the sediment, carbon, iron, sulphur, or UV treatment your water actually needs, whether it comes from Keswick's Lake Simcoe supply or a rural well nearby.
Keswick needs water treatment that matches its water, not a one-size-fits-all system. Homes in the town of Keswick are on municipal water drawn from Lake Simcoe and treated before it reaches the tap. Outside the municipal service area, rural properties around Keswick and elsewhere in Georgina, such as Pefferlaw and Sutton, draw from private wells. Wells tend to bring iron, sulphur, sediment, and sometimes bacteria; the lake-fed supply brings seasonal taste and odour, chlorine, fine sediment, and scale. Each one needs a different fix. AquaTec Plumbing is a licensed, insured plumbing company based in Holland Landing, and we treat Keswick as home territory, not a long-distance call. We test your water first, tell you what is actually in it, and quote the well water treatment or whole-home filtration that solves the problem and nothing more.
Call or text 289-470-6221 anytime for a free water test. We test your water before we quote.
Iron. Orange or brown staining in the toilet, tub, and laundry comes from dissolved iron, which is very common in Georgina wells. A softener alone will not keep up with it. We install a dedicated iron filter at the point of entry, ahead of any softener, so the staining stops at every tap and the equipment after it is protected.
Sulphur, the rotten-egg smell. It comes from hydrogen sulphide gas dissolved in well water. Even a small amount makes the whole house smell. Treatment goes in at the point of entry, ahead of any softener, and once it is in, the smell is gone at every tap, not just one.
Bacteria and seasonal changes. Water from shallow wells and from cottages that sit closed all winter is the most likely to test positive for bacteria. A UV disinfection unit at the point of entry treats every drop coming into the house without adding chemicals.
Sediment. A well pump can draw up sand and silt, and the lake-fed supply carries fine sediment at certain times of year. You see it as grit in aerators and showerheads, and as clogged inlet screens on the washing machine. A sediment filter is the first stage in line, so particles are trapped before they reach the iron, carbon, or UV stage. UV only works on clear water, so a sediment stage always goes in ahead of it.
Lake Simcoe taste and odour. Keswick's lake-fed supply is treated and safe, but you can still notice chlorine and seasonal changes in taste and odour at the tap. A carbon filtration stage or a reverse osmosis (RO) drinking water tap under the kitchen sink fixes that. Put the carbon at the point of entry, and it covers every tap, shower, and appliance in the house, not just the kitchen.
Keswick's lake-fed municipal water and the private wells on rural properties nearby are both hard enough to leave white scale on taps and kettles, shorten the life of water heaters and dishwashers, and make soap feel like it never rinses off. A properly sized water softener fixes that, and it goes after the sediment, iron, and sulphur stages so its resin is not fouled by what they catch. A reverse osmosis tap for drinking water comes last in line. Neither one replaces the treatment above: a softener does not disinfect, and reverse osmosis treats only the drinking water line it feeds.
Because we are plumbers first, we can also repair a leaking shut-off valve on the same visit or replace an old water heater that hard water has worn out. On a gas heater, a licensed gas fitter handles the gas connection, and we tell you up front whether your job needs one.
The price depends on what your water test finds and how many treatment stages that result calls for, whether the home is on a private well or the Lake Simcoe municipal supply, the size of the house and how much water it uses, how easy it is to reach the main line and a drain near the point of entry, and whether old equipment has to come out first. You get a written price before any work starts, and there is no travel surcharge anywhere in our service area.
Keswick's lakeshore cottages and seasonal homes have their own rhythm. We size equipment for a house that sits empty for months, add drain-down points so the system can be winterized, and re-commission it in spring with a fresh test. If the property is a rental, we set it up so guests cannot accidentally bypass the treatment. For cottages farther out in Sutton, Jackson's Point, and Pefferlaw, see well water treatment in Georgina.
Call or text 289-470-6221, or request a quote online. We serve Keswick and the lakeshore around it; for Sutton, Jackson's Point, and Pefferlaw, see well water treatment in Georgina.
Related: Well water treatment · Whole-home filtration · Water softener installation in Keswick · Reverse osmosis in Keswick · Plumber in Keswick
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