Water Softener in Hudson, CO

How do I find out what water my Hudson home has?

Hudson is a small rural farm town in southern Weld County at the crossroads of Interstate 76, State Highway 52 and Weld County Road 49, with about 1,650 residents. We were not able to verify a current water provider, source or water quality report for the town, so this page does not name one. If you get a water bill, the provider's name is on it, and every public water system has to publish an annual water quality report that lists what is in the water. If you do not get a bill, your home may be on its own well, and Weld County can help you sort out what applies to your property.

Is my water hard enough to need a softener?

Nobody can say without a test. Groundwater on the plains often carries more dissolved minerals than mountain surface water, but levels differ from one source to another. A plumber can measure hardness at your kitchen tap in a few minutes. As a rough guide, under about 60 ppm is soft, 60 to 120 is moderately hard, and above 120 is hard enough that most homes notice scale. If your home is on a private well, ask for a broader test that includes iron, manganese, nitrate and bacteria, since those call for different equipment than a softener.

Where would a softener go, and what about the drain?

Usually near the main line where it enters the house, in a heated basement, utility room or insulated garage, with a bypass valve, power for the control head and a drain line with an air gap. Plains winters bring hard freezes and wind, so heated space is safest. Whether your home is on a town sewer or a private onsite wastewater system affects where regeneration water goes. If it is an onsite system, a demand-based valve keeps the volume of brine down. We could not verify Hudson's permit office, so ask the plumber to check with the town or Weld County before the work starts.

Local note

Because so little is published about Hudson's water, be wary of anyone who quotes a hardness number without testing. A reading from your own tap is the only figure that matters for sizing a softener.