Whole-Home Water Filtration in Winder & Athens, GA

Two pieces. First, a whole-home carbon tank where the water enters the house: a tall tank of carbon that every tap, shower, the washer and the water heater run through. It works with no electricity and no drain line - water flows up through the carbon on its own, nothing to program, no salt. Second, a drinking-water filter under the kitchen sink with its own small faucet, for drinking, cooking and ice - it catches what the carbon tank alone doesn't and puts good minerals back in so the water doesn't taste flat.

$2,499 installed covers the tank, the valve, the drinking-water filter, the faucet, all pipe and fittings, tax, and a licensed plumber. Nothing gets added on install day.

You get a firm price on a 5-minute phone call - no salesman sitting at your kitchen table. A $500 deposit holds your equipment and your install day; the balance is due the day it's installed. Most jobs are installed within about a week of booking.

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   Call or text 706-995-6964, or request a quote below. We ask a few quick questions and tell you what's actually in your local water.

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   Get a firm price on the same call. City water: $2,499 installed, no visit needed. Well water: we set up a lab test first, then price after.

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   Installed within about a week. A $500 deposit holds the equipment and the day; balance due the day a licensed plumber installs everything.

Homes on city water dealing with a chlorine smell or taste, dry skin after a shower, or drinking water that doesn't taste right. This system takes out chlorine and the chemicals chlorine leaves behind - exactly what shows up in the local water reports below.

Water companies clean the water with chlorine before it reaches your home, and chlorine leaves chemicals behind once it's done disinfecting. That's the pool smell in the shower and the taste in a glass of tap water. Nothing here means anyone will get sick tomorrow - it's about every glass and every shower, year after year, measured against an independent health guideline set well below what shows up in the water. All numbers below are in parts per billion.

All numbers are in parts per billion. Trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids are the chemicals that form when chlorine cleans the water. Chromium-6 is a heavy metal. Data from the Environmental Working Group Tap Water Database and each water company's own published results. The independent health guideline for chlorine leftovers (trihalomethanes) is 0.15 parts per billion, for the second group of chlorine leftovers (haloacetic acids) is 0.1 parts per billion, and for chromium-6, a heavy metal, is 0.02 parts per billion.

We test before we quote - never guess with your money. A lab test through your county's UGA Extension office runs about $25–60. Iron, and the slime iron can grow, are the two problems we see most often on wells around here. Once we have real numbers, we give a firm price - typically $4,000–5,500 depending on what the water actually needs.

Big-brand dealers around Atlanta commonly quote $6,000–$8,000 installed for a comparable tank, valve, and drinking-water filter. We quote by phone, with no salesman and no showroom, and pass that savings on to you in the price.

Southern's Water is run by the same owner as Southern's Appliance Rentals, a local business based in Winder, GA. We're down the road, not a national call center, and we stand behind the parts we install: a whole-home carbon tank made by AFW Filters that runs with no electricity or drain line, and a 6-step drinking-water filter made by iSpring, certified under an independent standard, NSF/ANSI 58.

Winder, Athens, Monroe, Jefferson, Watkinsville, Statham, Bogart, Auburn, Bethlehem, Hoschton, Braselton, and nearby towns — about a 25-mile radius around Statham, GA.

We install whole-home water filtration in towns within about 25 miles of Statham, GA - pick your town below for what's in your water and a firm price.

• Athens, GA
• Monroe, GA
• Watkinsville, GA