Sun City West homeowners know all about water spots on glassware and shower doors, but few realize what EPCOR’s high-mineral groundwater is doing to the inside of their underground drain lines.
Sun City West's municipal water is provided by EPCOR, sourced from deep desert groundwater wells. According to annual water quality reports, local water hardness routinely measures between 15 and 25+ grains per gallon (GPG), classifying it as "Extremely Hard."
Every time you run your tap, wash dishes, or take a shower, gallons of dissolved calcium, magnesium, and carbonate minerals enter your drainage system.
In smooth plastic pipes, hard water is annoying; in rough, older cast iron or galvanized pipes, it is catastrophic:
Store-bought liquid drain cleaners contain sodium hydroxide or sulfuric acid. These harsh chemicals produce extreme heat when reacting with organic clogs. In older cast iron pipes, this thermal shock can crack brittle pipe sections and eat away at the metal, while having virtually zero effect on rock-hard calcium scale.
We use specialized descaling equipment featuring carbide-tipped circular chains and rotary hydro jetting. This safely knocks the hard mineral crust off the pipe walls and flushes it out to the street, restoring full diameter flow without damaging the host pipe.
Upfront pricing, fast same-day dispatch, and free camera inspection with every residential service.
Call 24/7: (623) 440-0169A water softener helps with water coming into your fixtures, but kitchen disposals, toilet flushes, and outdoor water still carry minerals and waste through your sewer lateral.
No. Steel snake cables simply bounce off calcium deposits. Only mechanical descaling chains or 4,000 PSI hydro jetters can pulverize mineral scale.
If all drains in the house run slightly slow and plunging does not help, mineral narrowing is a prime suspect. A camera inspection confirms the pipe diameter.
