Pump and Water Quality Services

Well System Design and Installation

Water Softening and Iron Filtering

Reverse Osmosis Drinking System

Water Testing and Well Cleaning and Chlorinating

****DNR Mandate for Water Systems Inspections****

Well System Design and Installation

Your home's water flow and pressure is an important consideration when building or remodeling. We will select and install your well pump based on the yield of your well and household water needs at peak periods, improving your home’s water system by eliminating pressure fluctuations. 

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Purer Than Nature.

Water Softening and Iron Filtering

Whether your home is serviced by a municipal water system or private well, you should consider a water softener. Water soaks through the earth and picks up elements that can change its taste, color and safety, alter its feel, reduce its capacity to wash and clog plumbing. High concentrates of calcium and magnesium make water “hard”.  A water softening system eliminates hard water problems, making your clothes brighter, dishes cleaner and helps your appliances last longer. Metered control valves adjust regeneration frequency and salt use minimizing the impact on the environment.

The water quality experts at O’Leary Plumbing & Heating can help.  First, they will test your water to recommend the correct softener for your home and life style, then install and maintain the unit. (Your investment will last from 15 to 20 years.)  O’Leary only installs metered softeners, saving from 30% to 50% salt usage over other softeners and reducing extra discharge into our sewer systems, making it more environmentally friendly.

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Reverse Osmosis Drinking System

You can have safe, clean, delicious drinking water, better than bottled water quality, at the touch of a button right in your kitchen by installing a Reverse Osmosis Drinking System.

In the United States, household drinking water purification systems, including a reverse osmosis step, are commonly used for improving water for drinking and cooking.
Such systems typically include four or five stages:

• a sediment filter to trap particles including rust and calcium carbonate

• optionally a second sediment filter with smaller pores

• an activated carbon filter to trap organic chemicals, and chlorine which will attack and degrade TFC reverse osmosis membranes

• a reverse osmosis (RO) filter which is a thin film composite membrane (TFM or TFC)

• optionally a second carbon filter to capture those chemicals not removed by the RO membrane.

• optionally an ultra-violet lamp is used for disinfection of any microbes that may escape filtering by the reverse osmosis membrane.

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Water Testing & Well Cleaning and Chlorinating

Private well owners should have their wells tested annually or anytime there is a change in taste, odor or appearance.  Some contaminants are odorless and tasteless and can be carried into well casings by insects or poorly sealed well covers.

Coliform bacteria, one of the most commonly found contaminants, is a micro-organism that can be found in animal waste, soil and on vegetation. Often present with other bacteria, viruses and parasites, coliform can cause flu-like symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, fever and diarrhea.

High levels of nitrates in drinking water can pose a threat to infants under 6 months and pregnant women.  If you live within ¼ mile of a corn, soybean or vegetable field, you should test your water for nitrates regularly.

If your water tests unsafe, chlorinating is the process of cleaning away bacteria. Call O’Leary Plumbing & Heating to learn more or schedule a water test.

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****DNR Mandate for Water Systems Inspections****

As of June 1st, 2008, the DNR is mandating only licensed Well Drillers or Pump Installers  perform water system inspections. This will impact you when a system inspection is necessary.  

The DNR is in the process of drafting a “Property Transfer Well & Pressure System Inspection” form.  Completion of the form will require Bacteria and Nitrate water test results and strongly recommends taking an Arsenic test as well.

O’Leary Plumbing & Heating can provide both Water System and Septic System Inspections. Our Inspectors are Master Plumbers and Licensed Pump Installers. 

Feel free to call with any questions or for a quote.  We’re your water system specialists for inspection, testing and repair or replacement.

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