Our story
Before there was a water company, there was a springhouse.
Springhouse Water Co. is a local water company serving greater Chattanooga. The name is older than the business, and it is the whole idea.
Why we're called Springhouse
Long before refrigerators and city water lines, families across these mountains built a springhouse over the spring that fed the homeplace. It was a small stone or log shed with cold spring water running through a trough inside. Crocks of milk and butter sat in that trough to stay cool through the summer.
The springhouse kept the family's water clean and protected, so nothing got in that shouldn't. You looked after it, because everything else on the place depended on it.
The job hasn't changed much. Your water still comes down out of these mountains. We just help you look after it once it gets to your house.
Look after the water, and it looks after you.
Illustration for now — a real East Tennessee springhouse photograph goes here once we have one, with the location and rights confirmed.
What we stand on
Three things we don’t bend on
The test comes before the pitch
A free water test at your own kitchen tap, read while you watch. You keep the readings whether you buy anything or not.
The price is on the website
Every system, installed, published. It doesn't move because it's Friday afternoon, and nobody here works on commission.
We'll tell you to skip it
If your water doesn't need what we sell, that is the answer you get, standing in your kitchen. It costs us a sale and keeps a neighbor.
Where we work
Greater Chattanooga
Close enough to be there the same week, and small enough that the person who tested your water is the person who signs off the install.
- towns covered
- 14towns covered
- counties
- 4counties
- in-home water test
- Freein-home water test
- warranty terms with every quote
- Writtenwarranty terms with every quote
Hamilton County, TN
Chattanooga and the ridges around it. Four or five different water systems inside one county, which is why a number you read for Chattanooga does not necessarily describe your street.
Bradley County, TN
Cleveland, twenty-five minutes up the interstate. A different utility and a different source from Chattanooga, so it gets tested on its own terms.
Marion County, TN
West of Chattanooga down the Tennessee River gorge. Jasper and South Pittsburg run their own town systems, and once you are off them you are on a well.
Sequatchie County, TN
The Sequatchie Valley north of the city, with Dunlap at the center of it. Valley floor and mountain properties are not the same water.
Free water test
Find out what's actually in your water
We'll test your water at your kitchen sink, show you the result, and tell you what — if anything — you need. Free, and there's no system that fits every house.
- Free on-site water test
- Licensed plumber install
- Every price published