Drinking water for a pre-war city
Reverse Osmosis in Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre city water is already soft. Kitchen reverse osmosis is for the water you swallow — lead in pre-war plumbing, PFAS reduction, better coffee — not for scale on the shower door. We pair it with whole-home carbon when chlorine is the house-wide complaint.
Downtown and the older wards are the RO conversation. Back Mountain wells may want RO for other reasons (TDS, nitrates) plus iron or sulfur treatment. Different towns, different trains.
Sound familiar?
Problems this system solves
The payoff
Why NEPA homeowners choose this system
The swallowed tap, treated
Cooking, coffee, formula.
Lead and PFAS at the point of use
Where those concerns actually live.
Skipped when it is theater
New plumbing, no TDS complaint, clean CCR — we can say no.
West Side too
Kingston, Forty Fort, and the rest — still a tap-specific yes or no.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Need RO if the water is soft?
Not for hardness. Yes maybe for lead in a 1920s house, or if you want a certified PFAS barrier. House age and your priorities decide.
What does RO cost in Wilkes-Barre?
We do not quote before measuring. The free in-home test produces your numbers and a written recommendation sized to them — no obligation either way.
Shower smell?
Whole-home carbon, not RO.
Kingston too?
Same valley supply, same logic. We still test that kitchen.
Well in Dallas?
Different water. Iron and sulfur first; RO only if the drinking-water panel calls for it.