Water Softener Installation in Edwards, CO

The Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority owns the public water system serving Edwards, and Eagle River Water and Sanitation District operates and maintains it. Edwards Metropolitan District is one of the Authority's member entities. According to the district, customers in Edwards and nearby communities primarily receive treated water from the Eagle River, and the Eagle River aquifer supplies the Authority's groundwater wells in Edwards. The district puts treated water hardness for the Authority between 50 and 380 mg/L, averaging about 120 mg/L, and explains that hardness varies through the year as the source water changes with the seasons. At the high end of that range, water is well into very hard territory on the USGS scale. Our test reads your hardness, chlorine, dissolved solids and iron on the day we visit, and we compare that reading against the district's published range before we recommend any equipment.

An average of 120 mg/L sounds moderate, but averages hide the swing. The district's own range runs from 50 to 380 mg/L, and the higher readings are what build scale inside a tankless water heater or snowmelt boiler. That is why a single reading from one month is a poor basis for sizing equipment, and why we ask about your water heater and fixtures as well as testing. Edwards also has a mix of water sources depending on where you are, river water and wells drawing on the Eagle River aquifer. If your home is on a private well instead, no utility is testing it for you. The free water test shows what is in your water, at your address.