Menomonee Falls water softeners, set for the supply your address gets
Menomonee Falls is one village on two waters. Lake Michigan water bought from Milwaukee Water Works runs 7 to 9 grains; the Village's own wells run 27 to 32. Which one reaches your house depends on your address, and that number is where a quote starts.
Call (262) 599-6261Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pm
What is included
- A whole-house softener and salt tank, set for whichever supply your address is on: 7 to 9 grains or 27 to 32
- Reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink, through its own drinking-water faucet, part of every softener and never available alone
- A plumbing contractor licensed under Wisconsin law to do the installation
- A test of your water first, then more readings at the tap until zero grains is what shows
- The price is spoken on the call; no one turns up to sell you anything
- Quotes Monday to Friday, starting at 7am and ending at 5pm
Menomonee Falls water hardness
Source: Village of Menomonee Falls water utility FAQ
Two supplies, one village
The Village of Menomonee Falls water utility runs two systems at once. Part of the village gets Lake Michigan water bought from Milwaukee Water Works. The rest is served from the Village's own wells.
The Village publishes both hardness figures in its utility FAQ: 7 to 9 grains per gallon for the Milwaukee water, 27 to 32 for village well water, or about 462 to 547 milligrams per liter. Having both in grains, from the Village itself, makes the job easier.
A fourfold gap, decided by your address
Put side by side, the well water runs roughly four times as hard as the lake water. That gap is too wide for one setting to fit both.
To find out which supply serves you, ask the Village utility with your street address. The plumber also confirms it with a test at your tap on installation day.
Why the setting has to match the water
A softener set for 8 grains in a house that gets 27 to 32 grain well water will not bring the tap to zero. One set for 30 in a house on lake water is set for water that house never sees.
That is why a quote here starts with your address, and the installation ends only when a test at your tap shows zero hardness.
Lake side or well side: an honest read
On the USGS scale, moderately hard runs up to 120 milligrams per liter and hard runs from 121 to 180, so 7 to 9 grains of lake water sits at the upper edge of moderately hard and reaches into hard. Softening there is a closer call, and we will say so.
On the well side, 462 to 547 milligrams per liter counts as very hard by any reading of the scale, far past the 180 line. There, softening is the main job.
Either way it is one system, a whole-house softener with the reverse-osmosis faucet included. Whether that is worth it on lake water is your call, and the phone call will be straight with you about it.
What happens on the call and after
Quotes run Monday to Friday, starting at 7am and ending at 5pm. Your street address does most of the work; add the number of people at home, where the main line enters and whether an old softener is already in place, and the price is given on that same call.
Nobody comes out to sell. A plumbing contractor licensed under Wisconsin law does the installation, because the drain connection and its air gap are plumbing by state statute, chapter 145.
Common questions
Which water does my Menomonee Falls house get?
It depends on your address. Ask the Village utility with your street address; the plumber's test at your tap on installation day confirms it either way.
How hard is Menomonee Falls water?
Two answers. The lake water the Village buys from Milwaukee Water Works runs 7 to 9 grains. The Village's well water runs 27 to 32 grains, about 462 to 547 milligrams per liter.
Do I need a softener on the lake-water side?
Need is a strong word at 7 to 9 grains, and the choice stays with you. On the well side, at 27 to 32 grains, the case is far stronger.
Is every well-side house at the same hardness?
The Village gives one range for its well water, 27 to 32 grains. Your own reading is taken at the tap before any work begins.
Should I find out my supply before calling?
It helps but is not required. Give us your street address on the call; the Village utility can tell you too, and the plumber confirms it at your tap.