Water treatment & radon mitigation in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Ephrata, Denver and the northern Lancaster townships combine hard water with heavy agricultural land use.
Otter Home is a family-owned water and air company serving Ephrata and the rest of Lancaster County. We test first, then recommend only the equipment your test results actually call for — softeners, iron and sulfur removal, acid neutralizers, reverse osmosis drinking water, whole-home air purification and radon systems.
Water chemistry in Ephrata
Hardness in the 15–25 gpg range is routine here. Because this is dense farm country, we also test carefully for nitrate — shallow wells downgradient of fields and manure storage are the ones that come back high.
City water vs. private wells
Ephrata Borough runs a public system; Ephrata Township, Clay, West Earl and Brecknock are largely wells.
Common well water problems
Extreme hardness, nitrate, coliform bacteria, and iron.
Municipal chlorination
Borough water is chlorinated and still hard enough that most homes benefit from a softener.
Radon in this area
Northern Lancaster County frequently tests above the action level; a two-to-seven-day test gives you a usable number.
Other towns we serve
Free water test in Ephrata.
No obligation, no pressure. We test, we explain what the numbers mean, and you decide.