Water treatment & radon mitigation in Lititz, Pennsylvania
Lititz, Warwick Township and Rothsville homes deal with classic northern-Lancaster limestone hardness.
Otter Home is a family-owned water and air company serving Lititz 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 Lititz
Water here comes out of the same carbonate belt that runs through the Warwick and Elizabeth Township valleys. Typical hardness readings we take in Lititz-area homes fall between 14 and 22 grains per gallon, often with enough dissolved iron to leave a faint orange line in toilet tanks.
City water vs. private wells
Lititz Borough is served by public water; outside the borough — Brunnerville, Rothsville, Brickerville — private wells are the norm.
Common well water problems
Hardness and iron together, which is the combination that ruins standard softeners if the system isn't sized for iron load. Occasional low pH in wells drilled into the northern shale edge.
Municipal chlorination
Borough water is chlorinated. Homes on it usually need softening plus carbon rather than full filtration.
Radon in this area
Northern Lancaster County has plenty of homes over 4.0 pCi/L. A short-term test is cheap and gives you a real answer.
Other towns we serve
Free water test in Lititz.
No obligation, no pressure. We test, we explain what the numbers mean, and you decide.