Drinking Water Systems

Drinking Water Systems for Orange County Kitchens.

Puronics iGEN Reverse Osmosis removes chlorine, TDS, and dissolved contaminants at a dedicated kitchen faucet. Modern permeate pump keeps water waste at roughly 1 to 1 instead of the 3 to 5 old RO systems ran. Sized to your water test.

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Why an RO or Dedicated Drinking Water Filter

Your tap water is safe, and it still tastes like a swimming pool. Those are two different questions, and only the first one is what the EPA and California standards actually measure. What they do not measure is the chlorine or chloramine still in the water when it reaches your kitchen. Or the dissolved solids that leave scum in the kettle and a film on your coffee. Or the trace pharmaceuticals and PFAS that turn up in district reports. That is the gap a drinking water system fills.

An RO system delivers purified water at one dedicated faucet for drinking, cooking, coffee, ice, and pet water bowls. It is the highest-polish water available for household consumption, at the point where polish matters most.

How the Puronics iGEN Reverse Osmosis System Is Built

  • Sediment pre-filter. Removes particulates that would foul the membrane.
  • Carbon pre-filter. Removes chlorine, chloramine, and organic compounds that would degrade the RO membrane.
  • Reverse osmosis membrane. NSF/ANSI 58 certified semipermeable membrane. Removes 95+ percent of total dissolved solids, fluoride, arsenic, lead, nitrates, PFAS, and dissolved contaminants.
  • Storage tank. Holds 3 to 4 gallons of finished water so demand is met instantly at the tap.
  • Carbon post-filter. Final polish on taste and odor before water reaches the faucet.
  • Optional re-mineralization stage. Adds calcium and magnesium back for households that prefer the taste and higher pH of mineralized water.
  • Permeate pump. Reduces reject water to roughly 1 to 1 with purified water, a major upgrade over legacy RO systems that discarded 3 to 5 gallons per gallon produced.

The Three Under Sink Systems, and Which One Fits

All three mount under the kitchen sink and run to a dedicated faucet. The difference is stage count and cabinet space, which is why the recommendation follows the test rather than a brochure.

  • MICROMAX™ 7000. A 4 stage, low profile unit built to fit under the sink where cabinet room is tight. This is the one most Orange County kitchens end up with.
  • MICROMAX™ 6500. A 5 stage system for maximum water quality in a low maintenance package. The pick when the test shows high TDS or you want the fewest service visits.
  • MICROMAX™ 6000. A 4 stage unit that delivers high quality water for budget minded families.

A Pur Alkaline filter can be added to any of them if you prefer higher pH mineralized water for drinking and coffee.

What the Water Test Determines

You should not be guessing at this, and the free test means you do not have to. We measure what is actually coming out of your tap before anybody recommends anything. High dissolved solids, a chloramine taste you have already noticed, or coffee and ice that never taste right are the usual signals that an RO is worth it. A well, or an older groundwater address with nitrate in the reading, makes the case stronger. And if the test says your water is already fine to drink, we will tell you that and leave.

Whole-Home Filter + Under-Sink RO (The Full Stack)

The most complete household water treatment stack is a whole-home Puronics FILTRAMAX or HYDRONEX handling every tap (softening + carbon filtration) plus an under-sink iGEN RO handling drinking water. That combination gives every fixture in the house filtered soft water while the kitchen sink gets the polished RO water for consumption. Our specialist walks through which pieces belong in your specific household during the free water test.

Service Area

Cities We Cover
in Orange County

Wherever you are in the county, the water test is the same and it is still free. Pick your city below and we will tell you what is known about the supply on your street before we ever come out. The office is in Irvine and we cover all 34 cities from it.

Irvine (HQ) Aliso Viejo Anaheim Brea Buena Park Costa Mesa Cypress Dana Point Fountain Valley Fullerton Garden Grove Huntington Beach La Habra La Palma Laguna Beach Laguna Hills Laguna Niguel Laguna Woods
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Common Questions

Drinking Water Systems Questions Orange County Homeowners Ask Most

Straight answers about drinking water systems in Orange County. These are the same questions our specialists answer on every free water test visit.

Is Orange County tap water safe to drink?
Yes. Orange County drinking water meets EPA and California Division of Drinking Water primary standards. The reason many households still install an RO or under-sink filter is aesthetic and secondary: chlorine or chloramine taste, TDS above 400 ppm, trace pharmaceutical residues, and hardness minerals that leave residue in coffee makers and kettles. The Puronics iGEN RO removes the aesthetic issues that municipal treatment is not required to address.
What is the difference between reverse osmosis and a carbon filter?
A carbon filter (like a countertop pitcher or a refrigerator filter) removes chlorine, taste, and odor. Reverse osmosis pushes water through a semipermeable membrane that also removes dissolved solids, fluoride, arsenic, lead, nitrates, and 95+ percent of everything else. Puronics iGEN RO combines both: carbon pre- and post-filtration around a certified RO membrane.
How much water does an RO system waste?
Older RO systems discarded 3 to 5 gallons of reject water for every gallon of purified water. The Puronics iGEN RO uses a modern permeate pump that brings the ratio to roughly 1 to 1. That is a meaningful change on a California water bill and matches the direction Orange County water conservation policy is headed.
Does an RO system take up much space under the sink?
The iGEN RO fits in a standard under-sink cabinet alongside the disposal. The storage tank is roughly the size of a two-liter bottle. Installation includes a dedicated drinking-water faucet at the sink deck. Water lines to refrigerator ice makers can be added if that is a priority.
How often does the RO membrane need replacement?
Puronics iGEN RO membranes are rated for 3 to 5 years depending on TDS load and daily usage. Carbon pre-filters are annual, post-filters are 12 to 18 months. Our service team handles the swap during the follow-up visit, and the parts are stocked at the Irvine office.
Does the RO remove healthy minerals from the water?
Yes, RO removes dissolved minerals along with contaminants. Puronics offers a re-mineralization stage that adds calcium and magnesium back into the finished water at the levels associated with better taste and higher pH. This is worth discussing during the water test if remineralization matters to the household.

Get Your Free
Water Test

We come out, test the water at your kitchen sink, and tell you in plain English what is in it and what it is doing to your house. It takes about thirty minutes. You owe us nothing afterwards, and roughly one visit in five ends with us telling the homeowner they do not need a system at all.

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Straight Answers, Not a Sales Pitch

What Happens
When You Call Us

Nobody enjoys booking a home visit from a company that sells something. Here is exactly how ours goes, so there are no surprises.

We test your water, not an average

Hardness, chlorine, dissolved solids, pH, iron. We run it at your sink, because the number on your street is not the number two cities over, and in Irvine alone the published readings run from 6.3 to 16 grains per gallon.

You get the results in plain English

We walk you through what came back and what it is doing to your heater, your fixtures and your skin. About one visit in five ends with us telling the homeowner their water is fine and they do not need us.

If you do need a system, we size it

Then we install it ourselves under our own California C-55 license, pull the permit where the city wants one, and service it afterwards. You are not handed off to a subcontractor you have never met.

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