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Water filtration systems for city water and custom systems for private well water. Well water testing

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Area Served: Throughout the United States

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Service Options

Phone to discuss options or review your water report: 1-866-691-4214

Hours: 9 – 5 PM, Mon – Fri, Mountain Time

Order by phone - all orders are by phone and inquires are by phone or email

Delivery

Payments

Debit cards, credit cards, PayPal, Chase Pay

Customer Service, Return Policy, Privacy Policy, Replacement Filter Orders, Warranty, Help

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Chicago and Suburbs

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Seattle

Birmingham and Tuscaloosa

St George, UT

Las Vegas

New York City

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Founder and CEO: James P McMahon

Founded: 2002

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Legal name: Sweet Water LLC, dba Sweetwater LLC, registered in Colorado

Home Office: 51 Copper Rim Trail, Unit F, Durango, CO 81301

Durango

Products: Urban Defender™, Kitchen Defender™, Bud Booster

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Unique: The first and only company that analyzes your local water quality report, your household water needs and goals before recommending the right system to provide clean air and healing water for your family or business.

 

 

Low pH Water is Corrected with an Acid Neutralizer

 

Low pH or acidic water is common in some locales. It can be due to pine trees in the vicinity or acid rain or acid soil types.

 

low pH water corrected with an acid neutralizer

Sweetwater's Backwashing Acid Neutralizer

The acid neutralizers I sell use either a calcite media or a combination of calcite and magnesium oxide for very low pH water. These are whole house systems. As the water flows through the system it slowly dissolves the media which raises the pH. Check out the causes of high pH. These are often used in cases where acid water is dissolving copper piping or the insides of various fixtures. The problem is easily resolved. Note the fill line on the photo above. This line is marked by the plumber at installation. Then as the media level drops you add enough to bring it back to this level. The system will work until all media is gone. And sometimes customers neglect to pay attention to maintenance.

 

Sweetwaters upfolw acid neutralizer 3 cu ft

Sweetwater's Upflow Acid Neutralizer

 

You'll notice that there are two versions of the acid neutralizer. One is a backwashing system. The advantage of this is that it can achieve higher flow rates for homes with large families and multiple bathrooms. The downside, which isn't substantial, is that it requires a backwash to fluff the media. This is because it is a downflow system and the media needs to be kept from getting too compacting.

With the upflow system the water flows up through the media. No backwash is required. However flow rates are restricted in order to prevent media from entering the household plumbing.

Pricing

Backwash Acid Neutralizer:

2.5 cubic foot (13 x 62); flow rate 15 gpm: $1695.

Upflow Acid Neutralizers:

1.5 cubic foot (12 x 60); flow rate of 6 gpm: $990.

2.5 cubic foot (13 x 62); flow rate 10 gpm: $1425.

(Replacement calcite media = $125/ cu ft.)

1.5 cubic foot for low pH: $1185.

(uses calcite and magnesium oxide)

(Replacement calcite media = $125/ cu ft.)

Prices are due to unforeseeable increases due to Covid backlogs

 

Request Specifications

 

With any well water application it is important to launch your research with a good well water test. Testing is the key to knowing how to treat your well water.

 

To order any one of my well water test kits, call: 866-691-4214 (toll-free).  Press 1 to reach me.

Five Steps to Pure Water -  my free email series that will teach you how to achieve healthy water in your home.  These are the same steps you learn when you purchase my Ultimate Guide.  Sign up here: Five Steps to Pure Water!

 

Customer Service, Replacement Filter Orders, Return Policy, Privacy Policy, Warranty, Help

 

Orders -

All orders are by phone during business hours. I review your water report with you while you are also looking at it. In this way we can assure that you are achieving your goals for treatment and health.

There are two exceptions. You may purchase the Ultimate Guide or How To Treat Your Well with Hydrogen Peroxide both online.

Returns -

Whole House Water Filters – these are custom made to your specification and therefore cannot be returned. Be sure you want it before you order.

Kitchen Filters – these are designed by Sweetwater and also custom but they can be returned within 30 days if unused and in the original packaging. A Return Authorization is required for return or the product will be lost at the factory. A refund cannot be granted if the product is lost.

All returns will be subject to inspection on arrival at the factory and charged a 25% restocking fee.

Online purchases are not refundable.

There are no exceptions to these policies.

Damaged in Transit –

Products damaged in transit by the carrier must be reported within three days of receipt. This is standard policy set by Fed Ex, UPS, and other carriers.

Customers who purchase whole house water filters shipped on a pallet are sent specific instructions for accepting delivery. These instructions are mentioned at the time of sale and must be followed. Damaged items must be rejected by the customer per the instructions provided.

The customer is liable for inspecting systems on arrival as specified in the packet you will receive by mail. This policy is hereby incorporated into the sales agreement.

Items damaged in shipment will be replaced at no cost, however, the customer must file a claim with the carrier that did the damage.

Filter Orders –

All filter orders are by phone. While many customers have the same filters that is not always the case. Therefore to be certain you are obtaining the correct filters you call to order them.

Filters cannot be returned.

Warranty Issues -

If you have a warranty issue you contact Sweetwater, LLC, NOT the factory.

Sweetwater, LLC warrants to the original purchaser of its products in accordance with the manufacturer’s warranties, as follows: Kitchen systems for one year, whole house systems for five years on tank and valve (Pentek does not warrant the moving parts on its valves), whole house pre-filters for one year, all from date of purchase. Media is not warrantied. Sweetwater warrants its products these to be free from defects in material and workmanship for these time periods. Sweetwater will replace any part of the product which in our opinion is defective, provided that the product has not been abused, misused, altered, or damaged after purchase. This includes damage due to the use of tools, harsh chemicals, or water failures that contaminate the product. In the event an item has been discontinued we will replace it with what we deem to be its replacement. Sweetwater is not responsible for labor charges, installation, or other consequential cost. Sweetwater’s responsibility shall not exceed the original purchase price of the product, nor is Sweetwater responsible for damage done due to improper installation. Lack of a home water pressure regulator voids this warranty. This warranty gives you specific legal rights.

Installation Assistance -

I am happy to assist over the phone with installations but this must be scheduled in advance. If it is not scheduled in advance then there is no guarantee I will be available to assist. This is not too much to ask as I am not at my desk every minute of every day. If you do not schedule in advance and your plumber calls for help I will help if I am available.

Help - 

For help, always call during business hours

Privacy Policy - 

Sweetwater will never share contact information provided by customers with anyone.

Business phone and business hours –

Sweetwater LLC is open Monday thru Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM Mountain time.

Phone numbers are:

970-259-2171 or 866-691-4214

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Saturday, October 8, 2016

For information, contact: James P McMahon 970-259-2171

 

Ecologist Calls for Effective Education by U.S. EPA on Water Quality Reporting

 

Jim McMahon comments on recent drinking water news and provides suggestions for federal action.

 

Brookside, UT – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should require water suppliers to supply more information in federally mandated water quality reports, including more details on lead, copper, and unregulated contaminants, ecologist James P. ecologist James P McMahonMcMahon urged.

The EPA could also do more to increase public use of the reports, McMahon said, in light of recent revelations concerning the safety of public water supplies.

“EPA requires water suppliers, whether private or public, to provide a water quality report (aka consumer confidence report) to all of their customers. These are generally mailed out once each year in July and available online year round. These reports are a great tool for consumers to become educated about the risks in their water, however they are rarely used by the public and incomplete in the information they contain,” McMahon said.

Some examples of recent news stories about toxins present in drinking water supplies include:

“Consumers are led to believe that if their water meets federal standards then it is safe to drink. However, the fact is that some contaminants may be causing health implications as suggested by independent studies,” added McMahon.

Here is an example of a water quality report from the City of Fresno, CA which suggests that the water is ‘clean and healthy’: http://www.fresno.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1DC4121-EB84-46B5-812C-9351C60C246C/27439/WaterQuality.pdfNote the list of contaminants and the levels of each one.

Here is a consumer confidence report from Washington, D.C., which draws its water from the Potomac River: https://www.dcwater.com/waterreportNote that no mention is made of the presence of pharmaceuticals in the water or the fact that bass in the river are often known to display both male and female characteristics: https://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/pdf/endocrine.pdf - link is now dead

Some cities, such as Seattle, are fortunate to have protected water sources that consist of snowmelt or rain: http://www.seattle.gov/util/MyServices/Water/Water_Quality/index.htm - page has moved

 

McMahon suggests the following changes to EPA’s oversight of drinking water and the consumer confidence reports provided to the public:

  1. Establish mandatory education programs for water treatment plant managers about the possible hazards of contaminants in water including certain unregulated contaminants on EPA’s list of ‘Emerging Contaminants’.

  2. In the section of each water report describing the source of a water supply include information on whether there are sewage treatment discharges, agricultural runoff, or other significant pollution sources upstream and what this may imply for consumers. Require this section to be specific to the water source. There’s already language in the ‘Source Water Assessment’ section but it is written in bureaucratese and it’s too generic.

  3. Refrain from making claims that the water is safe or healthy unless that is known to be the case. Instead, make the claim that the drinking water meets ‘current federal standards’.

  4. If chloramine is used to disinfect or ammonia is added to the water require that this is clearly stated.

  5. Add hardness and total dissolved solids to every report. This is often the only information consumers want to know so it makes the report more useful.

  6. Make a clear statement in the section on lead and copper so consumers know how this pertains to them.

  7. Develop an extensive public outreach campaign that leads to an increase in the use of local water reports by consumers.

“We have some of the best drinking water in the world. EPA has done an adequate job of developing standards for contaminants (https://www.epa.gov/dwstandardsregulations). The public must be informed that this is a developing science, with greater regulation likely as we learn more. Many of our own actions as a society are having unintended consequences including the contamination of our drinking water with chemicals that may adversely affect public health, many of which are unregulated. It is up to each person or family to protect themselves, as government can only do so much, but in order to make the right decisions the public must have access to accurate and complete information,” McMahon concluded.

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About James P McMahon

James P McMahon is an ecologist and the owner of Sweetwater LLC, which provides custom home water purification systems for the health conscious water consumer. He currently resides in Durango Colorado. He suggests that consumers never buy a water filter without first reviewing their local water quality report. For more information about Jim and Sweetwater LLC, visit www.cleanairpurewater.com.

 

 

 

 

 

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