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Whole Home Water Systems

One system at the point of entry treats every tap, shower, and appliance in the house. Which configuration is right depends on whether you're on city or well water — and what's actually in it.

City Water Dual Tank

City WaterSoftening + FiltrationSelf-Cleaning

Our most complete answer for municipal water. One tank softens; the other holds activated carbon that reduces the chlorine and disinfection byproducts that cause taste, odor, and dryness. Multi-stage treatment at the point of entry means consistent water at every tap.

What's inside

  • WQA Gold Seal award-winning ResinTech CG10 softening resin
  • Granular activated coconut-shell carbon
  • Patented ceramic-disc valve technology
  • Dual-tank backflush capability
  • Self-cleaning, 100% soft water guarantee

What you get

  • Better-tasting water, no chlorine smell
  • Gentler on skin, hair, and clothing
  • No scale buildup on fixtures or appliances
  • Reliable filtration at every tap

Chloramine upgrade: this system is also built with catalytic carbon in place of standard activated carbon — the better choice if your utility disinfects with chloramine rather than free chlorine.

Dual-tank water softener and carbon filtration system with brine tank

Well Water Dual Tank

Well WaterStaged FiltrationSelf-Cleaning

Staged filtration designed for private wells — the sediment, iron, sulfur odors, and hardness that Triangle well counties see all the time. Each stage targets a different problem so the water arriving at your taps is clear, soft, and odor-free.

What's inside

  • WQA Gold Seal award-winning ResinTech CG10 softening resin
  • Granular activated coconut-shell carbon
  • Katalox Light filtration media
  • High-efficiency smart valves on both tanks
  • Self-cleaning, 100% soft water guarantee

What you get

  • Clearer water with better taste and odor
  • Reduced iron and mineral staining
  • Protected plumbing and appliances
  • Consistent flow through the whole house

Catalytic carbon build available: the same dual-tank well system is offered with catalytic carbon instead of standard activated carbon — worth it when the well carries hydrogen sulfide odor along with iron.

Dual-tank well water treatment system with brine tank

Water Softener with Carbon Filtration

City Water2-in-1

A single-tank system that handles the two most common city-water complaints at once: it softens by removing calcium and magnesium, and its carbon layer reduces the chlorine behind bad taste, odor, and dry skin. Pairs well with an under-sink RO for drinking water.

What's inside

  • Modern high-efficiency control valve
  • USA-made high-capacity softening resin
  • Granular activated coconut-shell carbon
  • Polishing gravel base

What you get

  • Softer skin and hair, brighter laundry
  • No chlorine taste or smell
  • Scale prevention throughout the home
  • Longer appliance and water-heater life

Chloramine upgrade: the mixed-bed tank can be built with catalytic carbon rather than standard activated carbon, in both the large and extra-large sizes.

Single-tank water softener with carbon filtration and brine tank

Whole Home Water Softener

City or WellHardness Only

The focused option when hardness is your main problem: spotted dishes, crusty fixtures, stiff laundry, scale in the water heater. Removes the calcium and magnesium behind all of it, house-wide.

What's inside

  • WQA Gold Seal award-winning ResinTech CG10 resin
  • NSF-certified polishing gravel
  • Patented ceramic-disc valve technology
  • Self-cleaning, 100% soft water guarantee

What you get

  • Noticeably softer skin and hair
  • Soap and detergent that actually lather
  • Appliances protected from scale
  • Easier cleaning, fewer water spots
Whole home water softener tank cutaway showing resin and gravel

Whole Home Water Filter

City WaterMaintenance-Free

Filtration without softening — for homes that mainly want chlorine, taste, and odor addressed. No salt, no drain line, no maintenance: the carbon bed does the work quietly for years.

What's inside

  • Granular activated coconut-shell carbon
  • Polishing gravel base
  • No salt, no drain required
  • 100% maintenance-free design

What you get

  • Cleaner, better-tasting water at every tap
  • Reduced buildup in pipes and appliances
  • Full water pressure maintained
  • Protected fixtures

Chloramine upgrade: also offered as a whole-home catalytic carbon filter — same salt-free, drain-free design, with media that breaks chloramine down instead of only adsorbing it.

Whole home carbon filter tank cutaway

Catalytic Carbon Filtration

City WaterWell WaterChloramineSulfur Odor

Standard activated carbon works by adsorption — contaminants stick to the surface of the media until it fills up. Catalytic carbon does that too, but its surface is processed to also act as a catalyst, chemically breaking down the compounds that plain carbon struggles with. In practice that means two things Triangle homes actually run into: chloramine, the longer-lasting chlorine-and-ammonia disinfectant many utilities use instead of free chlorine, and hydrogen sulfide, the rotten-egg smell in well water.

What's different

  • Catalytically activated coconut-shell carbon
  • Breaks chloramine down rather than only adsorbing it
  • Far more effective on hydrogen sulfide (rotten-egg odor)
  • Also handles free chlorine, taste, and odor
  • Drops into the same tanks and valves as our standard builds

Where it goes

Worth asking about if: your water utility's annual report lists chloramine or total chlorine (rather than free chlorine), your water smells like rotten eggs, you keep a fish tank, or you simply want the most thorough carbon stage available. Your specialist confirms it against your actual water on the analysis call.

Whole home catalytic carbon filter tank cutaway

Whole Home Salt-Free Conditioner

City or WellNo SaltMaintenance-Free

Reduces the effects of hard water without salt or chemicals by conditioning minerals so they don't stick as scale. Keeps beneficial minerals in your water, produces no wastewater, and needs essentially no upkeep. An optional carbon tank adds chlorine reduction.

What's inside

  • Template-assisted mineral conditioning media
  • Scale-reduction technology
  • Optional carbon tank for chlorine
  • 100% maintenance-free design

What you get

  • Minimal scale on pipes, fixtures, appliances
  • Natural minerals stay in the water
  • No salt bags, no drain, no wastewater
  • Set-and-forget operation
Salt-free water conditioner tank

Iron & Sulfur Removal System

Well WaterOxidation + Filtration

For wells with orange staining or that unmistakable rotten-egg smell. An injection stage oxidizes dissolved iron and hydrogen sulfide, then catalytic carbon filters them out — clear, odor-free water from every tap.

What's inside

  • Chemical injection panel
  • Hydrogen peroxide holding tank
  • Granular catalytic coconut-shell carbon
  • Salt & brine tank

What you get

  • No more sulfur "rotten egg" odor
  • Iron stains on fixtures and laundry eliminated
  • Clear, clean-smelling water
  • Improved overall water quality
Iron and sulfur removal system with injection panel, peroxide tank, and brine tank

Which one fits your home?

That depends on your water — which is why every system is sized and quoted per home, in writing, before installation. Start with the free water analysis and we'll recommend the right configuration (and tell you what you don't need).

Start Your Free Water Analysis

All whole-home systems are installed by NC-licensed plumbing contractors and covered by the Triangle Waterworks warranty — lifetime on tanks, ceramic discs, and system dry parts; 5 years on control valves and media; 1 year on labor.