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Hard water is quietly wrecking your home. We fix it, straight up.

DFW water scales your water heater, dries out your skin, and leaves spots on everything. Water Cowboys fixes it with one flat price — no in-home sales pitch, no negotiating in your kitchen.

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⚠ Your skin, your appliances, and your home are all under attack.
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✓ Our whole-home packages — Essential and Complete — soften every drop entering your house down to under 1 gpg — essentially soft, regardless of how hard it starts. (Starter is drinking water only, at the kitchen sink — it doesn't treat the rest of your home's water.)
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Your reading is pulled from your city's published water report — the same data a "free in-home test" would just be re-confirming.
Water Cowboys whole-home water softener and reverse osmosis system, common signs of hard water damage
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These systems pay for themselves

Hard water quietly costs the average household around $800 a year — extra energy for water heating, extra soap and detergent, faster appliance wear, and plumbing repairs, per Water Quality Research Foundation-funded research (WQRF is the water treatment industry's own research arm, so treat it as an industry estimate, not an independent third-party number). At that rate, Essential pays for itself in about 3 years, Complete in a little over 3 — and these systems are built to run well past a decade. Everything after that is money you simply stop losing.

Three things hard water is quietly ruining

It doesn't happen all at once — it happens every shower, every load of laundry, every time your water heater kicks on. Here's exactly what's going on.

Dry, flaky skin on hands from hard water

Your skin & hair

Hard water doesn't rinse soap and shampoo cleanly off your body — it leaves a mineral film behind instead. Over time that shows up as dry, itchy skin, dull or brittle hair, and soap that never quite feels like it worked.

Water heater element covered in thick mineral scale buildup

Your appliances

Every time hard water heats up, it leaves mineral scale behind — inside your water heater, dishwasher, washing machine, and coffee maker. That buildup makes them work harder, run less efficiently, and fail years before they should.

Copper pipe cut open showing thick mineral scale narrowing the interior

Your pipes & plumbing

Scale doesn't just build up in appliances — it builds up inside your actual pipes. Narrower pipes mean lower water pressure, more strain on your plumbing, and a higher chance of an expensive repair down the road.

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Three packages. Three prices. No range, no negotiation.

Every package below is a flat, all-in installed price — the same price whether your job takes three hours or five. What you see is what you pay.

Starter
Clean drinking water at your kitchen sink
$799Flat rate + tax, installed
  • Tankless reverse osmosis — no bulky tank taking up space under your sink
  • Filters down to 0.0001 microns, removing lead, chlorine, and dissolved solids
  • A separate faucet at your kitchen sink just for filtered water
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Essential
Soft, chlorine-free water, whole home
$2,499Flat rate + tax, installed
  • Whole-home softener — 48,000-grain capacity, softens every drop entering your home to under 1 gpg
  • Whole-home carbon filtration removes chlorine taste and smell from every tap
  • Includes the salt tank, first fill, and a full working test
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Flat-rate guarantee: the price on this page is the price on your invoice, plus applicable sales tax. Permits and code-required parts for your package are already built in.
0-2 gpg is the real target

Why we target under 1 gpg, not just "soft"

Most water treatment companies stop once you're technically "soft" — under 3.5 gpg. We don't. Many dishwasher and tankless water heater manufacturers specify hardness limits directly in their warranty terms, often requiring under 7 gpg and voiding coverage above 10-12 gpg. At DFW's regional average of 12-13 gpg, a lot of homes are already operating outside those terms. Every whole-home softener we install (Essential, Complete) targets under 1 gpg — real margin, not just squeaking by.

Whole-home water under 1 GPG, or the install is free.

This guarantee covers our whole-home softener packages — Essential and Complete. Every softener uses the same 48,000-grain tank; what we size to your home is its regeneration schedule, calibrated to your exact hardness reading and household size so it recharges at the right frequency. Get that calibration right and keep the salt tank filled, and your water will test under 1 grain per gallon — guaranteed. If it doesn't, we refund the full install. (Starter is a drinking-water-only RO system with no softener and no salt tank, so it isn't covered by this whole-home guarantee.)

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Built to handle Texas water, not a national average.

DFW water runs hard and often carries a chlorine/chloramine taste from municipal treatment. Every package is built around what actually shows up in this region's water.

HydroSpring whole-home water softener system

Water Softeners

Whole-home softening sized to your household, cutting the scale that builds up on fixtures, water heaters, and appliances over time.

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Whole-home catalytic carbon filtration system

Whole-Home Carbon Filtration

Catalytic carbon tanks strip the chlorine and chloramine taste municipal treatment leaves behind — at every tap in the house, not just the kitchen.

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IntelliClear reverse osmosis drinking water system with faucet

Drinking Water Systems

Under-sink reverse osmosis for cleaner drinking and cooking water at the kitchen sink, independent of the whole-home system.

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Licensed and insured Water Cowboys installer — permits handled, code-compliant installs

Code & Permit Compliance

Required safety valves and permits are pulled on every install that connects to your main water line — built into the flat price, never billed as a surprise later.

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We skip the sales visit because we don't need one.

Most water treatment companies quote a "free consultation" that's really a sales appointment. We built our pricing so that step isn't necessary — public hardness data plus a two-question quiz gets you to an accurate package, and a flat price means there's nothing left to negotiate in your home.

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Counties served across DFW
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ZIP codes in our hardness lookup
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Flat-rate packages
Licensed and insured Water Cowboys installer — permits handled, code-compliant installs
  • No commission-driven upsells. Techs install what you booked — the price doesn't change once someone's in your house.
  • One visit for most jobs. Starter and Essential packages are typically same-day installs.
  • Licensed & permitted. Any install that connects to your main water line is properly permitted — every time, no exceptions.

Serving Dallas–Fort Worth, county by county.

Every ZIP in the hardness lookup above falls inside these ten counties — a full 45-mile ring around Dallas and Fort Worth. If you're just outside one, call — we likely still cover it.

Dallas County Tarrant County Collin County Denton County Ellis County Kaufman County Rockwall County Johnson County Parker County Wise County
Map of the Dallas-Fort Worth service area covered by Water Cowboys, spanning all 10 counties

Frequently asked questions

What's the actual difference between a softener, a filter, and an RO system?+
A softener removes the hardness minerals (calcium and magnesium) that cause scale buildup and dry skin — it treats your whole house. A carbon filter removes chlorine taste and smell, also whole-house. A reverse osmosis (RO) system is a separate, more thorough filter just for drinking and cooking water at one faucet. Most homes only need a softener; the other two are add-ons if taste or drinking water quality matter to you too.
Why don't you offer a free in-home water test?+
Because it's usually a sales visit, not a real test. City water hardness is already public record — we use that plus a short quiz to size your system accurately without putting a rep in your kitchen.
Is the price on this page really the final price?+
Yes. Each package is a flat, installed price that includes standard permitting and any code-required parts for that scope of work — for example, Complete includes the required backflow safety valve. The only thing that changes is the package itself.
Starter is $799, so why is adding the same RO system to Complete so much less than $799 extra?+
Because most of a standalone Starter visit's cost is the visit itself — a technician, permitting, and access, all for one small under-sink system. When RO is added onto a whole-home softener install, that technician is already on-site for the bigger job, so adding the RO unit is a smaller incremental step, not a second full appointment. You're paying for one visit, not two.
Do I need a softener if I already have decent water pressure?+
Hardness and pressure aren't related — hardness is mineral content, not flow. Most DFW ZIP codes run 10+ grains per gallon, which is enough to scale fixtures and appliances over time regardless of pressure.
How long does install take?+
Starter and Essential are typically same-day, a few hours, since each involves just one system. Complete adds kitchen work on top of the utility room, so plan for a fuller day — we'll confirm timing when you book.
Do you service well water, not just city water?+
Our packages above are built around city water in DFW. If you're on a private well, give us a call — well water often needs additional iron or sediment treatment beyond these packages.
When do I actually pay?+
Not upfront. We invoice once the job is done and your system is installed and tested working — you're not paying a deposit to hold a date or paying before you've seen the result.
Can I cancel or reschedule after booking?+
Yes. Booking a call or install date through this site starts a conversation, not a binding contract — nothing is finalized until you actually agree to a specific package and date. Call or text anytime to reschedule.
What equipment do you actually install?+
A HydroSpring water softener for whole-home softening, an IntelliClear reverse osmosis system for drinking water, and a catalytic carbon filtration system for chlorine taste and smell. Real brands, not a generic house label — see the full equipment specs for details on each.
I rent my home — can I still get a system installed?+
You'll need your landlord's permission, since any install that connects to the main water line is a real plumbing modification. Once you have that sign-off, we can install it the same way we would for an owner.
What if my ZIP's published hardness reading doesn't match my actual water?+
It happens occasionally — older neighborhoods, mixed water sources, or a private well can all cause this. That's exactly why our guarantee isn't tied to the published number: we calibrate the softener to your home's real reading on install day, and guarantee under 1 grain per gallon regardless of what the ZIP data said going in.
Do I need to be home during the install?+
Yes, for at least the start and end of the job — someone needs to grant access and walk through the finished system with the tech so you know how it works before we leave.
What maintenance does a water softener actually need?+
Keep the salt tank filled — that's genuinely most of it. The system runs an automatic regeneration cycle to recharge itself; you just need to make sure it has salt to work with, roughly every 4-8 weeks depending on your household size and hardness level.
Why is your price different from other quotes I've gotten?+
Most water treatment companies quote a "sticker" price that a commissioned rep has room to move on, depending on how the in-home conversation goes — so two neighbors can get two very different numbers for the same job. We publish one flat price per package instead, so there's nothing to negotiate and nothing that depends on who you happened to talk to.
What's the warranty on the equipment?+
Factory-backed, by component: 5 years on the control valve, 7 years on the media tank, 5 years on the ion exchange media, and 3 years on the carbon media. Coverage varies by part because each one wears differently — the tank itself should outlast several valve replacements, for example — so we give you the real number for each rather than one vague "warranty" headline.

Ready for a flat price, not a pitch?

Call or use the ZIP tool above — either way, you'll have a package and a price before anyone sets foot in your home.

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