Serving the Texas Hill Country & San Antonio since 1989
Marble Falls drinks from the lake, but the land around it sits on the Llano Uplift, where well water can be very different. Knowing which you have is where we start.
The City of Marble Falls draws most of its water from Lake Marble Falls on the Colorado River, part of the Highland Lakes chain, and treats it before it reaches you. Surface water needs disinfection, which is the chlorine taste many people notice at the tap.
Lake water can also change with the weather. After heavy rain and flooding upstream, the lake runs muddy and the treatment plant has to work much harder to bring cloudiness down.
Outside city limits, homes rely on private wells drilled into the formations of the Llano Uplift. Depending on depth and location, that water can be hard, iron-rich, or carry naturally occurring minerals that are worth testing for.
Everything we do is available across Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals and the surrounding Highland Lakes area.
Ion-exchange softening sized to your hardness reading, for city and well supplies.
Iron, sulfur, sediment, bacteria and pH, the pre-treatment a well needs.
Carbon and sediment stages for chlorine, taste, odor and grit at every tap.
The Llano Uplift is old granite and sandstone country, and the aquifers under it behave differently from the limestone further south. State geologists note that some wells in the Hickory aquifer, one of the formations in the region, carry naturally occurring radium.
Not every well draws from that formation, and not every well that does has a problem. But radium cannot be seen, smelled or tasted, so a full test is the only way to know. Where it shows up, ion exchange softening and reverse osmosis are both recognized ways to reduce it.
We have been testing and treating water in this part of Texas since 1989, and we answer the phone ourselves.
Family-owned, locally operated, and still on the same phone number after thirty-six years.
Class 3 certified by the Texas Water Commission and licensed by the Water Quality Association.
We supply the equipment and install it ourselves, with one written price that covers the whole system.
Softening, filtration and drinking water designed as one system for every tap, shower and appliance.
We test at your property, explain the numbers and put the recommendation in writing, at no charge.
Capacity and stages chosen from your test result, not from a regional average or a catalogue page.
If you are close to Marble Falls and not listed, call anyway. We probably cover you.
Blanco County, river water and ranch wells.
Gillespie County, city water and ranch wells.
The whole region, and how we cover it.
City lake water carries some hardness, and private wells in the area can run much harder. A free test gives you your exact number.
Lake water needs disinfection before it is safe to drink. Whole-house carbon filtration removes the taste and smell.
If you are on a private well in the Llano Uplift area, yes. Some formations in the region carry naturally occurring radium, and testing is the only way to know.
On city water, carbon filtration is often the priority, with a softener if your hardness reading calls for it. On a well, it depends entirely on the test.
Yes, along with the rest of the Highland Lakes area.
It depends on your water and your household size. After the free test you get a firm written price for the complete system, installed.
Marble Falls has two very different water supplies. Treated lake water in town, and private Llano Uplift wells outside it.
City water comes from Lake Marble Falls. That means disinfection, and disinfection means a taste that carbon filtration removes.
Lake water can change after floods. Cloudy spells upstream put extra load on treatment, and sediment filtration at the house adds a margin.
Wells in the area vary a lot. Depth and formation decide whether the water is hard, iron-rich, or carries naturally occurring minerals.
Some Llano Uplift wells carry radium. Ion exchange softening and reverse osmosis are both recognized ways to reduce it.
We have served the Highland Lakes and the Hill Country since 1989. We supply the equipment and install it ourselves, as one job with one written price.
A whole house system treats every tap. Showers, laundry, the water heater and the kitchen all get the same treated water.
Testing is free and carries no obligation. Some visits end with us telling you a smaller system will do the job.
| Marble Falls supply | Common issue | What we usually fit |
|---|---|---|
| City water | Chlorine taste and smell | Whole-house carbon filtration |
| City water | Cloudiness after floods | Sediment filtration |
| Private well | Scale and spotting | Correctly sized ion-exchange softener |
| Private well | Orange staining from iron | Iron filter ahead of the softener |
| Private well | Radium in the test | Ion exchange or reverse osmosis |
| Any supply | Flat drinking water | Reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap |
Is Marble Falls water hard? City lake water carries some hardness, and private wells in the area can run much harder.
Why does city water taste like chlorine? Lake water needs disinfection. Carbon filtration removes the taste.
Should I test my well for radium? If you are on a Llano Uplift well, yes. Testing is the only way to know.
Do you cover the Highland Lakes area? Yes, Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals and the surrounding area.
Marble Falls sits where the limestone Hill Country meets the granite of the Llano Uplift, and that geology shapes the water more than anything else.
In town, the Colorado River and the Highland Lakes do most of the work. The water is treated at the plant and disinfected to keep it safe through the pipes.
Outside town, wells draw from several different formations. The Ellenburger-San Saba, the Marble Falls limestone and the Hickory sandstone all behave differently.
Iron is a common finding on area wells. It stains fixtures and laundry orange and has to come out before the softener.
Radium is the one people do not think to test for. It occurs naturally in some of the region’s formations and has no taste or smell.
Our advice for anyone in Marble Falls is simple. Know whether you are on lake water or a well, get a full test, and size the system from the numbers.
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Free on-site testing across Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals and the Highland Lakes.
