Why Schoharie Homeowners Choose Culligan For Well Water Treatment
Our systems are second to none. The real advantage is that we make treating well water simple.
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We Treat Your Water, Not A Category
Outside the village and Central Bridge, every water supply in the Town of Schoharie is a private well or spring. The town’s own comprehensive plan says exactly that. It also notes that Barton Hill and Terrace Mountain are full of caves, sinkholes, sinking streams and cracked limestone pavement, where surface water enters the ground with almost no filtering by soil. That geology is why we test before we recommend anything, and why we won’t quote a system over the phone.
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The Company That Drilled It Can Treat It
Most homeowners end up with a driller, a plumber, and a separate water treatment company, and when something goes wrong each one points at the others. We drill, pump, test, and treat. One number, one company, one answer.
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Expert Installation, And We Maintain It
Culligan has been in water treatment for more than 85 years and it’s all we do. Your local Culligan delivers, installs, and maintains the system for you, so there’s no shipping damage, no unboxing, no guessing about install location, and no third-party service line when it needs attention. Schedule an appointment, then enjoy the water.
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Make Your Water Work For You
On the fence about whether you need treatment? These are the returns that pay a system off over time.
- 24% in energy savings by using softened cool water to wash clothes
- 30% more life out of water-using appliances when contaminants are filtered out
- 50% reduction in detergent costs for laundry, hair, and body in soft water
- No more replacing fixtures and appliances that scale ruined early
Local Resources
Schoharie Well Water
Why Does My Water Go Cloudy
After Heavy Rain?
Karst. The limestone under Barton Hill and Terrace Mountain is threaded with sinkholes, sinking streams and open fissures, and the town’s own planning documents note that surface water there enters the ground with little filtering by soil. Dye traced through this county’s cave systems has moved kilometres in under a day. So when a storm stirs up a field or a road ditch, a karst well can show it within hours rather than months. Sediment filtration solves the cloudiness; a bacteria test tells you whether anything else came with it.
Why Does My Hot Water Smell
Like Rotten Eggs?
Hydrogen sulfide gas, produced by sulfate-reducing bacteria in oxygen-free groundwater and driven out of solution by heat, which is why the shower is where you notice it. It is more common in drilled bedrock wells than in shallow ones. It is a nuisance rather than a health hazard at typical levels here, but it will not go away on its own. Sulfur filtration removes it.
How Hard Is Well Water Around Schoharie?
Hard to very hard. This is limestone country, and USGS describes groundwater across this basin as generally hard to very hard, particularly where carbonate bedrock underlies it. Sampled bedrock wells in the region have ranged from 21 all the way to 636 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which is roughly 1 to 37 grains per gallon, so a regional average genuinely won’t tell you what to buy. The village’s own supply comes from Youngs and Dugan springs on Barton Hill, treated before distribution, so it is not a guide either. Hardness is what leaves the crust on your fixtures and the scale inside your heater, and the only way to know your figure is to test for it.
TREATMENT OPTIONS
Three Problems, Three Fixes For Your
Schoharie Well
Sediment & Sulfur Filtration
Water Softening
Drinking Water Systems
The Proof
Why Do Schoharie Homeowners TRUST Our
Well Water Treatment Systems?
My hair has never been softer, and I've noticed my skin is healthier. Thank you Culligan!
Working with Culligan has been nothing short of excellent. Very trusted, reliable, and they know what they are talking about when it comes to water treatment.
Our tap water has never tasted better. We feel better about drinking directly from the tap thanks to our under-sink reverse osmosis system!
Cloudy Water? Scale Everywhere?
Find Out What's Really
In Schoharie Well Water!
• Fast on-site results, no mailing
• We test hardness, turbidity, iron, sulfur, and pH
• Flexible sample pickup options
Frequently Asked Well Water Treatment Questions
We Have Answers
My well flooded. What do I do?
Do not turn the pump on until the well has been looked at. New York State's guidance for a flooded private well is a four-step sequence: assess it, repair and flush it, disinfect it, then sample it and wait for lab results before drinking. Disinfection means circulating a chlorine solution through the well and the household plumbing and letting it stand, ideally overnight. Use bottled water until a bacteria test comes back clear. This valley took the full force of the 2011 flooding, so it is worth knowing the sequence before you need it.
Will a water softener remove the iron from my well water?
A softener removes hardness and carries a limited amount of iron and manganese with it. If iron is your main problem you want a dedicated iron filter. Around Schoharie, hardness is usually the headline and sediment after rain is the one people don't expect. A test sorts it out.
Will my water taste salty?
No. A properly functioning water softener will never make your water taste salty. The small amount of sodium added is far too little to create a salty taste.
How does a water softener work?
Through ion exchange. As it removes the calcium and magnesium that make water hard, it replaces those ions one for one with sodium. The amount added is proportional to how hard your water is, and in most cases it isn't a significant contributor to the sodium in your diet.
Will a softener reverse damage already done to my appliances?
Yes. Once a softener is installed it begins removing the scale that hard water built up. It takes a long time to clear, but it will clear.
Are chemicals added to my water to soften it?
Other than salt or potassium chloride, no. A softener actually reduces the cleaning supplies and detergents going down your drain, which makes it a net positive environmentally.
How often do I need to add salt?
Modern softeners recharge based on how much water you use and how hard it is. Most of our customers add salt once or twice a year.
How often should I test a well out here?
More often than the state minimum. New York recommends annual coliform bacteria testing and a fuller panel every three to five years for any private well. On limestone with sinkholes nearby, we'd add a test after flooding and after any storm that visibly changes your water. The point of karst is that the surface and the aquifer are much more closely connected than they look.
Is my well water safe to drink without treatment?
Hardness, sediment, and sulfur smell are comfort and nuisance problems rather than health hazards. Bacteria is the one that genuinely matters in this terrain, because karst gives contamination a short path in. Start with a water test that includes bacteria and we'll tell you honestly which category your results fall into.
How long does installation take?
Most residential systems install in a few hours in a single visit. We deliver the equipment, install it, and set it up, so there's nothing for you to unbox or assemble.
We're building a house. When should treatment be designed in?
As soon as the well is drilled and tested. Roughing in space and plumbing for treatment during construction costs far less than retrofitting it into a finished home.
Where should I get started?
Every recommendation we make starts with knowing what is in your water. The test is free, it happens at your house, and it takes about half an hour. You'll get your numbers explained in plain language and an honest answer about whether you need treatment at all.
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