Many homeowners in the Napa Valley struggle with Silica in their water. In this blog, we’ll discuss the tell tale signs of silica in your water, levels of silica in water that become troublesome and the proper method to remove silica from your well water.

Silica is a hard, ceramic/sand like mineral formed from Silicon and Oxygen. It is frequently found in water supplies as a colloid or in ultra fine particulate form. Water softeners don’t remove it and carbon filters don’t remove it, neither do Iron filters or cartridge filters!

Silica is stubborn and you need a no-nonsense approach to remove it effectively. Silica moves through most filters with ease and these microscopic particles deposit on and bond with the ceramic and glass in your home. The clear glass dishes, mirrors and shower doors become hazy and the haze cannot be removed. This haze means that Silica has become chemically etched onto your glass and ceramic! Silica levels above 40 or 50 parts per million in water will eventually result in this permanent haze on your glass and ceramic surfaces. Is it harmful or dangerous to drink? Fortunately the problems with Silica in water are primarily aesthetic.

With many amazing homes and resorts in the Napa Valley and silica present in much of our groundwater, Oakville Pump Service helps many of our clients with ensuring their expensive kitchens, bathrooms and dish ware remain clean and clear. Oakville Pump Service helps provide the necessary water testing and then designs & installs the proper water filtration equipment that is capable of providing pure clean water to these world class homes and facilities.

To effectively remove silica, reverse osmosis filtration is the most viable commercially available filter to reliably accomplish this task. While a simple under-sink reverse osmosis may be sufficient to help with some of the kitchen needs, this is not enough to provide for bathrooms or dishwashers. In cases where our clients have high levels of Silica, OPS works carefully with the homeowner to design a reverse osmosis system large enough to provide pure, clean silica free water for all the bathrooms and kitchens to ensure no spots and no haze!

If you’re tired of fighting the haze and the water spots, give our team at Oakville Pump Service a call today. They will help you test your water to find out what is in it and help develop a water system that is customized to your needs.