Authorized Puronics dealer
Equipment, training, and warranty path direct from manufacturer. The same lifetime parts warranty Puronics offers everywhere, routed through me when you call.
Owner-operator, Summerville SC
I'm the guy who shows up. Free water test in your kitchen. $7,999 published install. No in-home pitch you have to sit through.
What you're actually hiring
Is Pristine Water Networks licensed in South Carolina?
Pristine Water Networks operates as an authorized Puronics dealer in South Carolina. The actual plumbing work for every install is performed by SC-licensed Residential Plumbers I partner with. They hold the license, bond, and inspection authority. I'm on-site for every appointment to test your water, recommend the system, and coordinate the install.
Source: Pristine Water Networks, April 2026
Equipment, training, and warranty path direct from manufacturer. The same lifetime parts warranty Puronics offers everywhere, routed through me when you call.
I work with SC-licensed Residential Plumbers for every install. The license, the bond, and the inspection pull are theirs. The on-site coordination, the testing, and the system selection are mine.
The Hydronex iGen whole-home is WQA-tested, not currently NSF listed for contaminant reduction. The Pur-Alkaline reverse-osmosis scope is provided in writing before install. Verify any listing at info.nsf.org.
Every appointment in 2026 has been mine. The same person who tests your water installs the system. No call center, no rotating sales rep.
The move
We came for the schools, the slab foundations, and the marsh. We stayed because the people here will look you in the eye and ask where you're from before they tell you where to get boiled peanuts.
What I did not expect: water that was legal, but not anywhere close to what I'd been drinking up north. A $96M CPW remediation project that will not complete until 2029-2031. A March 2026 boil-water advisory that hit 70,000-200,000 people when a contractor punctured a 48-inch main.
The Lowcountry deserves a water treatment company that treats it like it's home, because for my family, it is.
"I'd rather lose a sale than lose your trust."
So I built Pristine differently. I publish the price: $7,999 installed, in writing, on the invoice, on the install paperwork. I show you the water test results before I tell you what I think you need. The Hydronex iGen whole-home is WQA-tested, not NSF-listed for contaminant reduction. The Pur-Alkaline reverse-osmosis is the cert-matched answer for specific contaminant concerns at the kitchen tap. If a Puronics product isn't certified for what's in your water, I tell you that too.
At home
Answers, not sales calls
No. I am the owner of Pristine Water Networks and an authorized Puronics dealer. The plumbing work for every install is performed by SC-licensed Residential Plumbers I partner with. They hold the license, the bond, and the inspection authority. I am on every appointment to test your water, recommend the system, and coordinate the install. I tell every customer this directly because in South Carolina, residential plumbing work over $500 requires a licensed Residential Plumber per SC Code 40-59-20(7).
A SC-licensed Residential Plumber I have worked with for years performs the cut-in at the main water line. I am on site throughout: I do the water test, I confirm system selection, I document the install in writing, I walk you through what was done. The install takes about four hours in most newer Lowcountry homes with a garage shut-off. The licensed plumber pulls the inspection if your municipality requires it.
It depends on the model. The whole-home Hydronex iGen is WQA-tested and is not currently NSF listed for contaminant reduction as of April 2026. The point-of-use Pur-Alkaline reverse-osmosis carries certification scope provided in writing before install. I show you the exact certification scope for any model I recommend, and you can verify any listing yourself at info.nsf.org.
I publish the price. The standard whole-home Puronics install is $7,999 for most homes. That number is on this site, on the invoice, and on the install paperwork. Financing starts as low as $95/mo* with approved credit on a 60-month term. Most other Charleston-market dealers (Culligan, Kinetico) require a 60-90 minute in-home pitch before they will quote a number, and Charleston-market quotes for comparable systems run $9,800-$14,200. I would rather lose you than waste your evening. *Estimated payment based on $7,999 system price divided by a 60-month term. Subject to credit approval through partner lender. Actual monthly payment varies based on credit and rate. No prepayment penalty.
A 6-panel test in your kitchen: chlorine, hardness, total dissolved solids, pH, iron, and manganese. Results in 30 minutes, on the spot. I show you the strip side-by-side with the bottled water you have in the fridge. About 45 minutes start to finish. No pitch built into the test. If your water is already where you want it, I will tell you that and leave.
No. About 1 in 5 free water tests I run end with me telling the homeowner they do not need a whole-home system. Sometimes a single point-of-use filter at the kitchen tap is the right answer. Sometimes the answer is to replace a 12-year-old water heater, not buy a softener. I would rather refer you out than sell you something you will resent.
Call me. Puronics carries a lifetime parts warranty on the conditioning media and control valve, routed through me. Annual check-ups are included for the first year. If the SC-licensed plumber needs to come back for a labor issue, that is on me to coordinate. The warranty terms are documented in the install paperwork at the appointment, including the Puronics service contact alongside mine, in case Pristine is unreachable years from now.
The system stays with the home and adds resale value, especially in newer-build subdivisions where buyers expect the soft-water and POU-RO finish. About warranty: the Puronics manufacturer warranty applies to the original purchaser; transfer to a subsequent owner is not guaranteed on the manufacturer's stated terms and would need to be confirmed with Puronics at the time of sale. For Joint Base Charleston military families, this is a common question; the system is sized to the home, not the household, and will serve whoever lives there next. If you are renting, talk to your landlord first; some Pristine installs are written into lease addenda.
That is my personal Facebook handle. I started using it in the Lowcountry water-treatment community years ago and it stuck. People search "Charleston water specialist" when they have a water question, and the page is where I post field notes, customer water tests (with permission), and Lowcountry water news. The Pristine Water Networks page is the formal business page; charlestonwaterspecialist is me as a person.
Well water service is coming. Berkeley and Dorchester county wells often have iron, hydrogen sulfide, manganese, and variable hardness, and the equipment recommendations are different from city water. Today my standard install is the Puronics Hydronex iGen for city water customers in Summerville and the Charleston Lowcountry. If you are on a well, I will still come test the water and tell you whether I can help you today or whether you need a well-water specialist.
Yes. I keep an install log of every job I have done in 2026. At the appointment I will pull up nearby installs (with addresses redacted unless those customers have opted in to referrals) so you can see the patterns in your neighborhood. The Charleston Water Specialist Facebook page also has occasional install photos posted with permission.
I will come test your water. No pitch, no pressure. About 45 minutes in your kitchen. You see the results before I tell you what I think.
