Is this not the same thing as whole house filtration?

No, and they are not interchangeable. Whole house carbon filtration removes dissolved chemical contaminants: chlorine, disinfection byproducts, taste. Sediment filtration removes suspended solids: sand, silt and rust. Different contaminant, different mechanism, and the sediment stage runs first to protect the carbon stage.

Do I need one on city water?

Often yes in the older parts of the service area. Cast iron mains shed rust, and it shows up as particulate after a hydrant flush or a nearby main break. Newer developments on newer pipe see much less of it.

What does it actually save me?

Filter and equipment life downstream, by roughly 30 to 50%. A cartridge is a consumable that costs a fraction of a resin bed or an RO membrane, so the sediment stage is the cheapest part of the system doing the most protective work.

How often does the cartridge get changed?

Three to six months for most homes, sooner on a well with a heavy sediment load. Dropping pressure is the usual signal that it is loaded up.

Can I change it myself?

Yes, and most people do. It is a housing wrench and a spare cartridge. We show you once at handover.

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Sediment Filtration by Honest Water Ohio in Loveland, OH

Sediment is a mechanical problem, not a chemical one, and it is the reason a lot of good equipment dies early. Sand and silt off a well casing, or rust flaked out of an old cast iron main, arrive as particles. A carbon filter is not built to catch them and a softener resin bed is the thing they grind down. Sediment filtration goes in ahead of everything else and takes the hit instead.

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What gets installed

Micron Rating: 5 microns
Flow Rate: Up to 15 GPM
Cartridge Life: 3 to 6 months

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Sediment Filtration by Honest Water Ohio

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How it works

What sediment filtration looks like, start to finish

We find out what you are actually catching

Well houses pull sand and silt from the casing. Older Cincinnati neighborhoods on cast iron mains get rust particulate, often worst after a hydrant flush or a main break nearby. The two look similar in a glass and call for different micron ratings.

Micron rating matched to the particle

Too coarse and it passes the grit straight through to the equipment you were protecting. Too fine and the cartridge blinds off in weeks and you lose pressure. The 5 micron pleated cartridge covers most homes in this service area.

Installed at the point of entry

Ahead of the softener, the carbon filter and anything else, because its whole job is to be first. About thirty minutes on a line that is already accessible.

We show you the cartridge change

This is the one piece of the system most homeowners handle themselves. Housing wrench, spare cartridge, five minutes. We walk it through once so the first one is not a puzzle.

The equipment

The details

A heavy-duty pleated sediment filter at the point of entry. Catches sand, silt, and rust before they wear down your softener, RO membrane, and appliance valves, extending the life of every filter downstream by 30 to 50%.

What you get

5-micron pleated cartridge
Filters sand, silt, rust
Extends softener + carbon filter life 30 to 50%
30-minute install
DIY cartridge replacement

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Questions

Sediment Filtration, answered

Is this not the same thing as whole house filtration?: No, and they are not interchangeable. Whole house carbon filtration removes dissolved chemical contaminants: chlorine, disinfection byproducts, taste. Sediment filtration removes suspended solids: sand, silt and rust. Different contaminant, different mechanism, and the sediment stage runs first to protect the carbon stage.
Do I need one on city water?: Often yes in the older parts of the service area. Cast iron mains shed rust, and it shows up as particulate after a hydrant flush or a nearby main break. Newer developments on newer pipe see much less of it.
What does it actually save me?: Filter and equipment life downstream, by roughly 30 to 50%. A cartridge is a consumable that costs a fraction of a resin bed or an RO membrane, so the sediment stage is the cheapest part of the system doing the most protective work.
How often does the cartridge get changed?: Three to six months for most homes, sooner on a well with a heavy sediment load. Dropping pressure is the usual signal that it is loaded up.
Can I change it myself?: Yes, and most people do. It is a housing wrench and a spare cartridge. We show you once at handover.

Where we install

Our crew covers Greater Cincinnati, the Dayton metro, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Every town has its own water, so each page carries the local utility, the published hardness and what it means for your house.