Glass and fixtures
Hardness minerals dry as white film. Soft water rinses clean.
Water as a service · Orange County
Better water.
No $3,000 machine.
Soft, chlorine-reduced water at every tap, plus low-TDS drinking water in the kitchen. You don’t buy the system. You pay for the gallons the valve actually treats.
$475 connection if you already have a softener loop. We own it, we service it, we take it if you move.
Orange County water is hard. You already know it.
Inland OC often runs 10–19 grains per gallon. That’s scale on glass, soap that won’t lather, dry skin after a shower, and a water heater working through mineral crust.
Soap and detergent
Soft water lets soap work. Most homes cut soap and detergent without trying.
Heaters and pipes
Mineral buildup insulates heating elements and shortens appliance life. Soft water stops feeding it.
How AquaUpgrade works
Same outcome as buying a whole-home system. Different business: we keep the equipment and bill treated water.
1
We connect on your loop
$475 if a softener loop is already in place. No loop? We’ll look at the plumbing and quote that separately.
2
The valve counts gallons
Modern control valves report treated volume. That’s the meter for your bill — not a guess, not a flat rental that ignores usage.
3
You pay for treated water
$19.50 per month plus 1.625¢ per gallon through the system. Salt, filters, monitoring, and repairs stay on us.
Whole home + kitchen
Soft at every tap. Purified where you drink.
- Hardness removed for showers, laundry, dishes, and fixtures.
- Carbon filtration to cut chlorine taste and smell house-wide.
- Sub-40 TDS drinking and cooking water at the kitchen.
- Remote monitoring so we see problems before you do.
- No salt bags for you to haul. No filter calendar to remember.
Estimate the monthly bill
This uses 75 gallons per person per day and assumes about 40% of household water is indoor and treated. Irrigation and hose bibs on a separate line are not billed. Your actual gallons come from the valve.
| Buy a system | AquaUpgrade | |
|---|---|---|
| To start | $1,500–$4,500+ | $475 connection |
| Each month | Salt, filters, eventual repair | $19.50 + usage |
| Who owns it | You | We do |
| If you move | You keep a tank | We pick it up |
Estimated monthly AquaUpgrade bill
$78.00
Example only. A family of four at the default assumption is typically in the $70–$85 range, not $8. City water charges stay on your utility bill.
See if your house is in the first service area.
North and Central Orange County to start. Enter a city or ZIP — then request a visit.