Water Treatment & Filtration in Royston
Royston sits right on the chalk aquifer that supplies much of southern England, and the water coming out of a Royston tap is some of the hardest you'll find anywhere in the country. If you live in Royston, your water is hard. Very hard. Affinity Water's supply in this area regularly measures above 300mg/l calcium carbonate — that's well into the "very hard" category. You'll see it on your taps, in your kettle, around your shower head, and inside your boiler where it quietly shortens the life of every heating element and pipe it touches.
A water softener makes a real difference to a Royston home because the chalk-aquifer hardness is so consistent — you're not fighting occasional hard-water, you're fighting it every single day. A water softener stops limescale at the source. It treats your entire water supply before it reaches a single tap, so every fixture, appliance, and pipe in your home is protected. Your shower glass stays clear, your boiler lasts longer, you use less detergent, and your skin and hair feel noticeably different soon after fitting. It's one of those upgrades that pays for itself.
For Royston drinking water, reverse osmosis is the step beyond softening — it removes the dissolved minerals that softeners don't touch, plus chlorine, pesticide residues, and heavy metals. For drinking water, reverse osmosis is the gold standard. An RO system fits under your kitchen sink and feeds a dedicated tap on the worktop. It strips out chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals, pesticides, and dissolved minerals that a standard filter can't touch. If you want the cleanest possible drinking water without buying bottles, this is how you get it. Carbon filters, sediment filters, and boiling/chilled water taps like Quooker and Grohe Red are all fitted by the plumber too.
