Certified lab water testing
53 parameters, sampled at your home, with a plain-English walk-through of what each number means. Private wells and city water.
$185Flat rateWhat the panel covers
Water treatment
Water treatment in Prescott and Yavapai County
Hard water, chlorine taste and private-well chemistry are three different problems with three different fixes. We measure first, then recommend — and we tell you when the answer is that you do not need anything.
How we work
Start with a measurement, not a catalog
Two houses on the same street can test differently if one is on a well. A softener sized for 5 grains per gallon is the wrong machine at 10, and reverse osmosis does nothing for the scale in your water heater. The only way to pick correctly is to know the numbers.
Every estimate includes a free field check: hardness, chlorine and total dissolved solids, read in front of you. That is a screen, not a safety test. When the question is arsenic, bacteria, nitrate or metals, it takes the certified laboratory panel — $185 for 53 parameters.
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Under-sink reverse osmosis
Drinking and cooking water at one tap. Removes dissolved solids, arsenic, chlorine taste and most of what a filter pitcher cannot. Faucet hole drilling included.
from $829Installed · 5-stage $999How reverse osmosis works
Reference pricing
Listed, but not currently installed
These are real prices for real systems, published so you can plan and compare. CreekWell is not installing them at the moment — a whole-house installation almost always passes $1,000 once labor and materials are counted, and often needs a permit. Both put it outside what an unlicensed person may legally take on in Arizona.
Water softener
Ion exchange, the standard answer to scale. Most popular build is a 64,000-grain mixed bed.
from $1,799Reference priceSalt-free conditioner
No salt, no drain line, no backwash. Conditions rather than removes hardness.
$2,750Reference priceWhole-house carbon filter
Catalytic carbon for chlorine, chloramine, taste and odor at every tap.
$1,885Reference priceArsenic removal
Whole-house adsorptive media for wells over the EPA limit.
$4,750Reference pricePFAS removal
Specialist media for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
$3,450Reference priceComplete well system
Sediment, iron, hardness and disinfection as one designed package.
$6,475Reference priceIf one of these is what your house needs, we will tell you so and tell you honestly that it is not work we can do today. See the licensing note.
Service status — September 2026
Rebranding, and adding licenses
Aqua Cat Plumbing & Water Treatment is now CreekWell Plumbing & Water Treatment. Same owner, same phone number.
We are adding Arizona contractor licenses, and we are not booking new work until that is done — a few weeks. Jobs already on the schedule are not affected.
For new work, hold a place in the first round or call or text 928-228-5770. Bookings go in the order they come in, at the prices published on this site. No deposit.
Straight answers
Questions we get asked
Can you come out right now?
Not for new work. We are rebranding and adding Arizona contractor licenses, and we are not booking new jobs for a few weeks. Jobs already on the schedule are not affected.
Leave your name on the list or call or text 928-228-5770. Bookings go in the order they come in, at the prices published on this site, with no deposit.
Do I need a softener or a reverse osmosis system?
They solve different problems, and plenty of Prescott homes want both.
A softener treats the whole house: it stops scale on fixtures, in pipes and inside the water heater. Reverse osmosis treats one tap: it makes drinking and cooking water taste right and removes dissolved solids including arsenic. If the complaint is spots, crust and short appliance life, that is hardness. If the complaint is taste or what is dissolved in the water, that is reverse osmosis.
Will a filter pitcher do the same job?
No. A pitcher improves taste and removes some chlorine; it does not remove arsenic, nitrate or dissolved solids.
Reverse osmosis pushes water through a membrane that rejects the great majority of dissolved contaminants. A carbon pitcher adsorbs a much narrower set. For a home on a well with measurable arsenic, the difference is not a matter of degree.
How long does a water test take?
The field check takes a few minutes at the house. The laboratory panel comes back in about a week.
We collect the sample, the lab runs the 53-parameter panel, and then we sit down with the report and go through it. The number that matters is rarely the one people expect.
Not a licensed contractor
Work is performed under the Arizona handyman exemption, A.R.S. § 32-1121(A)(14): any single project is limited to less than $1,000 including labor and materials, and excludes work requiring a building permit and all natural gas and propane work. Neil Staiger has 32 years of Arizona plumbing experience and holds current manufacturer certifications from Moen, Kohler, Navien, Rinnai and Charger Water Treatment Products. More about that. Additional Arizona contractor licenses are in progress.
The list
Hold a place in the first round of appointments
New work is not being booked for a few weeks while we rebrand and add contractor licenses. Jobs already scheduled are not affected.