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Acid Neutralizers (pH)

Stopping corrosive, acidic water from silently destroying your home's copper piping.

The Danger of Acidic Water

Pure water has a neutral pH of 7.0. If your home runs on untreated well water, rainwater, or heavily forested spring water, the water is naturally exposed to decaying leaves, pine needles, and atmospheric carbon dioxide. This creates carbonic acid, dropping the pH of the water down to 6.0 or even 5.0.

Why is this dangerous? Acidic water is highly corrosive. As it travels through your house, it acts like a mild solvent, literally eating the copper pipes from the inside out. You will notice blue-green stains in your bathtubs or sinks—this is the physical copper from your pipes bleeding into the water.

The Solution: The Calcite Sacrifice

To fix this, you must install a Whole House Acid Neutralizer as the very first point of entry to your home. This looks exactly like a tall water softener tank, but instead of resin, it is filled with crushed marble or limestone (Calcite).

As the aggressive, acidic water flows through the bed of crushed limestone, the acid chemically attacks the limestone instead of your pipes. The limestone dissolves slightly, raising the pH of the water back up to a safe, neutral 7.0 or 7.2. Because the calcite stone is "sacrificing" itself and slowly dissolving over the year, homeowners must open the top of the tank and dump in a new bag of Calcite media every 12 to 18 months.