Whole-Home Water Filtration in Winder & Athens, GA

A whole-home catalytic carbon tank on a self-cleaning backwashing valve, plus an under-sink reverse-osmosis system with remineralization for drinking, cooking, and ice. $2,499 installed covers the tank, the valve, the RO unit, the faucet, all 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 locks in the kit and the install slot; 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 locks the kit and the slot; 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 targets chlorine and disinfection byproducts — exactly what shows up in the local water reports below.

Every water utility in this area is legally compliant — no EPA violations. But independent testing (EWG Tap Water Database, using each utility's own water quality report) shows disinfection byproducts well above the independent health guideline in every county we serve. Here's what's measured locally:

Source: EWG Tap Water Database and each utility's own published water quality report. The independent health guideline for TTHMs is 0.15 ppb, HAA5 is 0.1 ppb, and hexavalent chromium is 0.02 ppb — all four systems above are legally EPA-compliant; these figures compare to the independent guideline, not a legal limit.

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 iron bacteria 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 the same class of equipment — a comparable tank, valve, and RO setup. We run this as a phone-quote, no-salesman operation instead of a showroom, and pass the difference on as price.

Southern's Water is run by the same owner as Southern's Appliance Rentals, a local Winder, GA business. We're down the road, not a national call center, and we stand behind the parts we install — a Clack control valve and NSF-certified carbon, the same components larger companies use.

Winder, Athens, Monroe, Jefferson, Watkinsville, Statham, Bogart, Auburn, Bethlehem, Hoschton, Braselton, and nearby towns — about a 20-mile radius around Statham, GA.