Everything in your new home is brand new — the faucets, the water heater, the dishwasher, the pipes in the walls. So the water must be fine, right? Not exactly. New construction protects you from old plumbing problems. It does nothing about what's in the water itself.
New pipes still carry sediment and construction debris.
Brand-new plumbing lines collect sediment, pipe scale, solder residue, and construction debris during the build — and until those lines are thoroughly flushed, that material rides straight into your fixtures and appliances. It's one of the most common reasons new homeowners find grit in faucet aerators and showerheads in the first months. A simple sediment pre-filter catches it at the main line before it reaches anything.
The water is still hard — and it starts scaling from day one.
Your builder didn't change the aquifer. Most of the region's water comes from the Floridan Aquifer, and OUC reports its system average at 129 ppm (about 7 grains per gallon) — solidly hard. That's a system-wide average; your home's number depends on your utility, your street, and your plumbing. But hard water doesn't wait for your fixtures to age. Scale starts forming on brand-new faucets, shower doors, and heating elements from the first shower — and once it's baked on, you're cleaning around it for years.
Chlorine is in there too.
Your utility adds chlorine to disinfect the water — OUC reported 1.2 ppm in 2024 (range 0.2–2.1), with no MCL violations. It's doing its job, but it's also what you're tasting in every glass and smelling in every shower in your brand-new bathroom. Whole-home carbon filtration takes it out at the front door.
Why test early: testing while the home is new gives you a baseline — a documented picture of your water before months of scale and sediment do their work. That record helps you size any treatment correctly from the start, instead of reacting to damage later. See what untreated hard water does over time.
What the free test covers.
- About 30 minutes at your home, at a time you pick.
- Hardness, chlorine, and sediment measured at your actual tap.
- A plain-English walkthrough of what the numbers mean for your new fixtures and appliances.
- Straight answers on whether your water needs treatment at all — many tests end with "you're fine."
- No obligation, no pressure.
Protect the new stuff while it's new.
You just paid for new everything. A free 30-minute test tells you exactly what your water is doing to it — and what, if anything, is worth doing about it. That's the whole pitch.
What's in your water? Utility reports are system-wide averages — nobody has tested your tap. Schedule your free in-home water test and find out. Get your $100 gift card for dinner just for having your water tested — take your family to dinner! Or learn more at orlandowaterfiltrationpros.com.