Taplin Water Inc

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About Taplin Water | Nearly Four Decades of Upper Midwest Reliability Taplin Water (originally founded as Taplin Soft Water) is one of the oldest, most reliable independent water conditioning contractors serving the Twin Cities and the broader Upper Midwest. Our company blueprint is built on a legacy of grit, technical precision, and a multi-generational commitment to family values. What began as a solo operation with an empty client ledger has scaled into a massive, regional service infrastructure trusted by thousands of residential and commercial property owners. Today, our customer base stretches across a massive multi-state footprint from Fargo, North Dakota, down to Farmington, Minnesota, and throughout the entire Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The Taplin Legacy: A Second-Generation Family Venture Our story began in the mid-1980s when founder Rick Taplin took a position at a local water conditioning company. Gifted with an innate mechanical aptitude, Rick quickly mastered the complex hydraulics of fluid logistics and water chemistry diagnostics, prompting him to strike out on his own. In 1987, through sheer hard work and determination, he officially launched Taplin Soft Water with an inventory of exactly three water softeners and zero customers. Over the next forty years, Rick poured his life's work into providing robust, honest water treatment solutions to the rapidly expanding northwest suburban area. In 2024, after nearly four decades of elite service leadership, Rick entered a well-deserved retirement, passing the torch to his son, Tony Taplin. As a second-generation owner and operator, Tony carries forward the core principles that built the company: uncompromised quality, transparent pricing, and responsive neighborhood service. Custom-Engineered Solutions for Complex Midwestern Water The geological layout of the Upper Midwest presents severe challenges for both municipal and private well water systems. Taplin Water utilizes advanced, field-tested technology to design, install, and maintain integrated point-of-entry treatment configurations custom-calibrated to your property's exact water chemistry: High-Efficiency Sizing & Water Softening: Eliminating heavy concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium minerals. Our systems completely halt rock-like limescale accumulation, extending the operational lifespan of water heaters, boilers, and washing machines while relieving dry skin and flat hair. Whole-Home Purification Barriers: Centralized point-of-entry networks configured with multi-stage filtration media to strip out physical sediment, rust, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and harsh chemical chlorine odors. Point-of-Use Reverse Osmosis (RO): Advanced under-sink systems that force water through a microscopic, semi-permeable membrane, pulling out up to 99% of heavy metals, lead, nitrates, and microscopic impurities for bottleneck-quality drinking water at the tap. Iron, Manganese & Odor Remediation: Specialty oxidation filtration arrays designed to capture deep-well contaminants, permanently stopping orange tub staining and toxic "rotten egg" (hydrogen sulfide) odors. Why Thousands of Families Stand Behind Taplin Water Decades of Local Hydrological Knowledge: We aren't a generic national corporation or an outsourced subcontractor network. We are local family operators who have monitored and treated the region's specific aquifers for nearly 40 years. Proactive Preventative Maintenance: We provide thorough multi-point diagnostics, system recharges, and replacement filter programs to keep your capital equipment running at peak thermodynamic and mechanical efficiency. The Taplin Guarantee: Every installation is backed by an industry-leading manufacturer's warranty and executed cleanly and neatly by factory-trained specialists who treat your property with absolute respect. Schedule Your Professional Water Assessment Today Take the guesswork out of your home’s infrastructure. Connect with Tony Taplin and our elite technical team to experience the immediate difference that pure, soft water brings to your family's daily life. Founded: 1987 by Rick Taplin Leadership: Tony Taplin (Second-Generation Owner & Operator) Service Footprint: Proudly serving families and businesses across the Twin Cities metro, Greater Minnesota, and eastern North Dakota (Fargo to Farmington).