Water Quality

What comes out of the tap in Baldwin County depends entirely on where the tap is. Municipal supplies differ town to town, and several communities out here draw from private wells with no treatment in between. Hardness scales a water heater and shortens its life. Iron and sulfur announce themselves as orange staining and a rotten-egg smell. Sediment grinds through cartridges and fixture seats. These guides explain what you're actually tasting, smelling or seeing, what it's quietly doing to the pipe behind the wall, and — just as usefully — which problems are a plumbing fix versus a water-treatment or well question. We don't service wells or well pumps, and we'd rather tell you that than sell you something.