Smooth Water Solutions(979) 900-2299

Water Treatment

Water problems have causes. Let's find yours.

Hard water, stains, smells, strange taste — tell Ryan what you're seeing, and he'll take it from there.

Contact RyanTake 60-Sec Water DiagnosticSee services

When you reach out, it helps to mention…

  • What the water tastes, smells, or looks like
  • Any staining, spotting, or scale buildup you've noticed
  • Whether you're on well water or city water
  • Photos of your current equipment, if you have any

No pressure and no jargon — plain answers about what's going on with your water.

37+ Years Combined Experience

Texas municipal & private well water treatment specialists

100% In-House Employees

Never subcontracted — our own technicians install & service

Post-Install Tap Verification

We test your treated tap water before leaving every job

ENPRESS Vortech® Technology

Gravel-free bottom distributor plate for higher backwash efficiency

Problem-First Diagnosis

What Are You Noticing in Your Water?

Every water source in Pearland, Brazoria County, and the Katy side of Greater Houston has its own chemistry. Start with the symptom you see, smell, or taste at the tap.

City & Well Watersoften

White Scale on Shower Glass, Faucets & Dishwashers

Gloved hands scrubbing a chrome shower head beside a glass shower door spotted with water marks

What you notice: Chalky white crust around aerators, cloudy glassware, stiff laundry, soap that refuses to lather, and scale inside tankless or tank water heaters.

Likely cause: Dissolved calcium and magnesium hardness. Levels vary by home and water source, so we measure yours at the tap.

How We Solve It

High-efficiency whole-home ion-exchange water softener built on an ENPRESS Vortech tank, sized to your household's exact hardness (gpg) and peak flow rate.

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City / Municipal Waterfilter

Chlorine or Chemical Taste & Smell at the Tap

What you notice: Swimming-pool odor in the morning shower, dry skin and brittle hair, chemical taste in coffee or ice, and premature wear on toilet flappers and rubber seals.

Likely cause: Municipal residual disinfectants (free chlorine or chloramines used in surface-water distribution systems such as Pearland and Houston metro).

How We Solve It

Whole-home catalytic carbon filtration paired with an under-sink 5-stage Reverse Osmosis (RO) drinking water station.

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Private Well Waterfilter

Orange or Reddish-Brown Rust Stains in Sinks & Toilets

What you notice: Rust-colored rings in toilet bowls and tubs, yellowed laundry, metallic taste, or orange slime in toilet tanks.

Likely cause: Dissolved ferrous (clear-water) iron, ferric iron, or iron-related bacteria drawn from private wells.

How We Solve It

Dedicated whole-home oxidation and iron filtration vessel engineered with Vortech bottom-plate backwash distribution.

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Private Well Waterfilter

Rotten-Egg (Sulfur) Odor When Running Water

What you notice: Pungent hydrogen sulfide smell when turning on hot or cold taps, tarnished silverware, and unpleasant shower vapor.

Likely cause: Hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) or sulfate-reducing bacteria occurring naturally in Texas groundwater wells.

How We Solve It

Targeted aeration/catalytic oxidation filtration and disinfection configured from an on-site well water test.

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City & Well Waterdrink

Cloudy Ice Cubes, Bottled Water Clutter & High TDS

What you notice: Cases of plastic water bottles stacked in the pantry, flat-tasting tea/coffee, or cloudy ice from the refrigerator dispenser.

Likely cause: Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), sodium, sulfates, and trace distribution byproducts that pass through standard pitcher or fridge filters.

How We Solve It

Under-sink Reverse Osmosis (RO) drinking water system delivering bottled-water quality directly to a dedicated faucet and your refrigerator icemaker.

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All Systemsmaintain

Existing Softener Not Using Salt or Losing Pressure

What you notice: Hard water returning despite salt in the brine tank, error codes on the control head, resin beads in fixtures, or pressure drops.

Likely cause: Salt bridging, fouled injector/control valve, exhausted resin media, or channeled gravel underbed in an older tank.

How We Solve It

In-house technician diagnostic, valve rebuild, media re-bed, or scheduled filter & salt maintenance.

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What Ryan does

Services

Treat Your Water Right • Five Core Pillars

Soften • Filter • Drink • Protect • Maintain

Custom-configured residential and private well treatment systems—sized from an on-site water test, never a generic box store package.

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Soften

Whole-Home Water Softening

Eliminate hard water scale, spotty dishes, and dry skin across every faucet

Custom-calibrated ion-exchange softening systems using ENPRESS Vortech tank technology to remove calcium and magnesium hardness before it enters your water heater and plumbing.

  • Demand-initiated metered regeneration (regenerates only when needed)
  • ENPRESS Vortech gravel-free bottom distributor plate for uniform flow
  • Full bypass assembly and professional plumbing tie-in by in-house employees
  • Post-install hardness verification test (target: 0 gpg soft water)
Ideal for: Pearland, Brazoria County, Katy, and southwest Greater Houston homes on hard municipal or well water, confirmed by a test at your tap.
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Filter

Whole-Home Carbon, Iron & Well Water Filtration

Targeted removal of chloramines, chlorine, iron, sulfur odor, and sediment

Whether your home receives chloraminated municipal surface water or private well water with iron and hydrogen sulfide, we match the filtration media to your exact tap chemistry.

  • Catalytic carbon vessels for municipal chlorine & chloramine reduction
  • Specialized iron & hydrogen sulfide (rotten-egg odor) well water systems
  • High-flow sediment pre-filtration to protect valves and appliances
  • Higher backwash efficiency with Vortech plate technology (less wastewater)
Ideal for: City water homes noticing chemical taste/smell and rural/acreage properties on private wells.
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Drink

Reverse Osmosis (RO) Drinking Water Systems

Crisp, ultra-pure drinking and cooking water right at your kitchen sink

Multi-stage under-sink Reverse Osmosis filtration that reduces Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), dissolved salts, heavy metals, and residual tastes for crystal-clear water and ice.

  • Multi-stage sediment, carbon block, RO membrane, and polishing filtration
  • Dedicated designer kitchen faucet + optional refrigerator icemaker line tie-in
  • Compact under-sink storage tank with high-recovery membrane options
  • Before-and-after TDS meter reading at your kitchen tap
Ideal for: Families tired of buying bottled water or replacing expensive refrigerator cartridges.
Protect

UV Disinfection & Whole-Home Plumbing Protection

Microbiological confidence and long-term protection for tankless heaters & fixtures

Ultraviolet (UV) water purification and multi-barrier pre-treatment designed to safeguard private well supplies and high-efficiency plumbing appliances.

  • Whole-home UV chamber disinfection for private wells and cisterns
  • Tankless water heater scale & sediment protection packages
  • Pressure-drop-optimized vessel sizing for modern multi-bath homes
  • Clean, serviceable bypass and shutoff valve layouts
Ideal for: Private well owners and homeowners protecting new tankless water heaters and luxury fixtures.
Maintain

Maintenance, Repairs, Re-Beds & Salt Service

Keep your existing water treatment system running at peak performance

We service existing softeners, filtration vessels, and RO units—performing control head repairs, annual RO filter changes, media re-beds, and scheduled salt delivery.

  • Annual Reverse Osmosis filter pack replacement & tank sanitization
  • Control valve diagnostics, seal/spacer rebuilds, and brine cycle repair
  • Media re-bedding and upgrades to gravel-free Vortech tanks
  • Post-service water test on every visit before our technician leaves
Ideal for: Homeowners with an existing softener or RO system that needs expert tune-up or filter service.

On-Site Water Chemistry Verification

How Our Free On-Site Water Analysis Works

We test your water before recommending equipment—and we test your treated tap water again after installation before our technician leaves your property.

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01

Schedule Your Free On-Site Water Analysis

Request an appointment online. Tell us whether you are on municipal city water or a private well and what symptoms you are seeing.

02

In-Home Tap & Source Water Chemistry Test

An in-house Smooth Water Solutions technician tests your water right in front of you for Hardness (gpg), Total & Free Chlorine/Chloramines, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), pH, and Iron/Sulfur where applicable.

03

Transparent Itemized Estimate (No High-Pressure Sales)

You receive a clear, itemized digital estimate tailored to your plumbing layout, family size, and water test readings—never a one-size-fits-all box.

04

Employee Installation & Post-Treatment Verification

Our own employee technicians install your system neatly, test the treated water at your tap before leaving, and provide straightforward digital invoicing.

Products & Tank Engineering

Why Smooth Water Solutions Builds with ENPRESS Vortech® Tanks

Inside every softener and whole-home filtration vessel, the bottom distributor determines how evenly water flows and how much water is wasted during regeneration.

Hydraulic Engineering Comparison

Conventional Gravel Underbed vs. ENPRESS Vortech® Distributor Plate

Gravel-Free • Uniform Backwash Lift
Traditional Gravel-Bed TankPoint-Source Cone + Heavy Gravel LayerChanneling & Dead Zones15–30 lbs Gravel BedHigher backwash water & harder re-beddingENPRESS Vortech® TankFull-Bottom Molded Distributor Plate100% Uniform Media LiftVortech® Slotted Plate (Zero Gravel)Up to 30% less backwash water • Lower ΔP
Verified Manufacturer Specification

Full-Bottom Vortech Distributor Plate Replaces Gravel Underbed

Traditional treatment tanks rely on 15–30 lbs of crushed gravel at the bottom of the vessel. ENPRESS Vortech molds a precision-slotted distributor plate directly into the bottom of the tank, eliminating gravel entirely.

Verified Manufacturer Specification

Uniform Fluidization & Elimination of Gravel Channeling

In conventional gravel-bed tanks, high velocities can shift gravel and create dead zones or channeling. The full-diameter Vortech plate distributes backwash water across the entire tank floor for uniform media lift and bed cleaner action.

Verified Manufacturer Specification

Up to 30% Reduction in Backwash Flow Requirement & Water Usage

Because the Vortech plate creates immediate, even upward lift across the media bed, systems achieve full bed expansion at lower backwash flow rates—saving water and salt over the life of the system.

2025 Third-Party Lab / Hydraulic Test Claim

2025 Third-Party Hydraulic Testing (Vortech & Mid-Vortech Architecture)

Independent hydraulic and pressure-drop evaluations confirm lower service-flow pressure drop, superior media separation in multi-media/Mid-Vortech configurations, and faster, cleaner media re-bedding since there is no heavy gravel layer to extract.

Credibility

Why call Ryan?

In-House Technicians Only

Every water test, installation, and tune-up is performed by Smooth Water Solutions employees — never handed off to outside subcontractors.

Post-Installation Tap Verification

Before leaving any installation, we test your treated tap water on-site so you can see the verified improvement immediately.

Sized from Your Actual Water Test

We test your tap or private well first and recommend only what your water chemistry actually calls for.

Owner-Operated Standards

Smooth Water Solutions — Direct Local Service with Ryan

From the initial tap or well water test to installation and annual filter/salt care, you work directly with an experienced local team that stands behind every system.

The person behind the work

Meet Ryan

Smooth Water Solutions helps Texas homeowners and private well owners solve hard water scale, chlorine and chloramine taste, iron staining, and sulfur odors with custom-sized softening, filtration, and reverse osmosis systems.

Where Ryan works

Service area

Featured Service Area Guide • Pearland, Texas (77581, 77584, 77588)

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Where does your home's water come from?

City water and well water have different problems, so we start here.

  • 100% In-House Technicians (Never Subcontracted)
  • 15-Minute In-Home Kitchen Tap Test (Zero Sales Pressure)
  • Post-Installation Water Retest Included