Water softeners in Roswell, New Mexico
Softener, filter and RO help for the Chaves County seat.
Roswell is the seat of Chaves County and the fifth-most populous city in New Mexico, with 48,422 residents at the 2020 census. It sits at about 3,615 feet on the High Plains edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, roughly 7 miles west of the Pecos River, where US 70, US 285 and US 380 meet.
Where does Roswell's water come from?
From under the city. In 1890, merchant Nathan Jaffa drilled a well in his back yard on Richardson Avenue and hit a major aquifer, which set off the town's first growth spurt. Today the City of Roswell's 2024 water quality report says its water is drawn from the San Andres water basin through twenty producing wells, with capacity of 41 million gallons a day and 24 million gallons of reservoir storage.
What does the report show?
No hardness figure, but a few useful numbers: nitrate up to 4.09 ppm, uranium at 2 micrograms per liter and fluoride up to 0.87 ppm, which the city says is naturally occurring because it doesn't add fluoride. All were under federal limits. The city's 2017 report also noted that falling aquifer levels can raise the concentration of minerals in the water.
Hot summers, cold snaps
Roswell sees about 30 days a year over 100°F and a January average low of 28°F. Softeners in garages need shade and freeze protection both.
Common Roswell jobs
- First softeners in homes that never had one
- Reviving or replacing units in resale houses
- RO taps alongside a softener
Common questions
How many wells supply Roswell?
The City of Roswell's 2024 water quality report says twenty wells are producing water from the San Andres basin.
Does Roswell add fluoride to its water?
No. The 2024 report says the city doesn't add fluoride; the 0.73 to 0.87 ppm it measured is naturally occurring.
Services in Roswell
- Water softener installationA new softener sized to a test of your water and your household, with a bypass, an air-gapped drain and freeze protection.
- Water softener repairFix softeners that stopped softening, won't regenerate, never use salt, or run water to the drain nonstop.
- Water softener replacementSwap an old, failing or poorly sized unit for one matched to your water and the household you have now.
- Whole-house filtrationSediment, carbon and iron filters for all the water in the house, often installed ahead of a softener.
- Reverse osmosis drinking waterUnder-sink RO systems for drinking and cooking water, often paired with a softener.
Nearby areas
Scale on the faucets, or a softener that stopped keeping up?
Call the number above and we'll connect you with a water treatment company that works in Roswell and the Pecos Valley.