[ Water Treatment ]

WATER TREATMENT RUNS ON RECURRING SERVICE. YOUR SOFTWARE SHOULD TOO.

Salt deliveries every 8 weeks. Filter changes every 6 months. Annual inspections. Water quality testing on schedule. Your water treatment business is a recurring revenue machine — but only if the schedule actually runs. OPS keeps every customer cycle tracked, every route optimized, and every service record documented.

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[ THE PROBLEM ]

RECURRING SCHEDULES TOO COMPLEX FOR SPREADSHEETS.

  • Every customer has a different service interval. Salt deliveries every 6-10 weeks. Filter changes every 3-12 months. System inspections annually. Reverse osmosis membrane replacements every 2-3 years. Managing hundreds of overlapping cycles in a spreadsheet is a full-time job.
  • Missed service dates do not just lose revenue — they damage equipment. A water softener without salt runs on hard water and builds scale. A filter past its life contaminates the water it was supposed to clean.
  • When customer intervals shift — someone switches to a higher-capacity softener, someone downgrades their system — the spreadsheet does not auto-adjust. Someone has to remember to update it.
  • Seasonal demand spikes create scheduling chaos. Well water customers surge in spring. Commercial accounts demand quarterly testing. Your 6-person crew is suddenly running 20 stops per day on routes that were built for 12.

For water treatment company owners and schedulers

ROUTE EFFICIENCY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFIT AND LOSS.

  • Water treatment service is route-based. Salt delivery trucks cover 15-25 stops per day across wide territories. A poorly sequenced route wastes 2-3 hours of drive time — every day, every truck.
  • Salt bags weigh 40-50 pounds each. Your crew is carrying 10-20 bags per stop, sometimes down basement stairs. When the route wastes time between stops, your crew wears out before the day is done.
  • Mid-route changes — a customer not home, an emergency water quality call, a truck running low on salt — mean your crew needs to adjust on the fly. Without a digital route, they call the office, wait for instructions, and lose 15 minutes per disruption.
  • Your most efficient route does not just save fuel. It saves your crew's bodies. It saves their energy. It gets more stops done before the 5 PM cutoff.

For route drivers and delivery crews

$$$$$

WATER QUALITY DATA YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE.

  • Water quality test results — TDS readings, hardness levels, iron content, pH — must be documented for every service visit. Customers expect it. Health departments may require it. Paper records get lost between the truck and the office.
  • System specifications differ by customer. Softener size, resin type, filter model, UV sterilizer wattage, RO membrane date. Without a record attached to the customer, every service visit starts with "what system do they have?"
  • Commercial accounts require documentation trails for health inspections, insurance, and compliance. A restaurant whose water treatment falls out of compliance faces shutdown. Your records protect them and you.
  • When a customer disputes a service or claims their system was not maintained, your documentation is your defense. If it is in a spiral notebook in a truck that got traded in, you have no defense.

For water treatment technicians and field crews

[ THE SOLUTION ]

HOW OPS HANDLES IT

[ 01 ]

EVERY CUSTOMER CYCLE TRACKED AUTOMATICALLY.

Set each customer's service intervals once — salt delivery every 8 weeks, filter change every 6 months, annual inspection — and OPS generates the jobs when they come due. No spreadsheet reviews. No mental math. No missed callbacks. Your recurring revenue stays recurring because the system never forgets.

[ 02 ]

ROUTES THAT RESPECT YOUR CREW'S TIME AND BACKS.

OPS shows your crew their daily route with every stop in sequence. 15 salt deliveries, 3 filter changes, 1 emergency water test — all in the most efficient order. Mid-route changes update on their phone instantly. No calling the office. No sitting in a driveway waiting for instructions. More stops, less windshield time, less wear on your crew.

[ 03 ]

WATER QUALITY RECORDS ATTACHED TO EVERY CUSTOMER.

Your tech logs TDS readings, hardness levels, system specs, and photos directly in OPS — attached to the customer, searchable forever. Next visit, they see the full history before they walk in. Commercial compliance documentation lives in the system, not in a filing cabinet. When anyone asks "when was the last service?", the answer takes two taps.

[ 04 ]

SALT DELIVERIES TO SYSTEM INSTALLS. ONE APP.

Salt routes, filter changes, new system installations, emergency water quality calls — every job type in one schedule, one app, one crew view. Your office sees the full picture. Your crew sees their day. What gets booked is what gets done, without a phone call in between.

[ VS THE ALTERNATIVES ]

SEE HOW OPS COMPARES

FeatureOPSJobberServiceTitan
PricingFree to start, $79/mo flat$49-$199/mo, feature-gated$298+/mo, annual contract
Recurring job schedulingCustom intervals per customer, auto-generatesRecurring jobs on higher tiersRecurring available, complex setup
Route-based schedulingVisual daily routes per crewRoute optimization on higher tiersRoute optimization available
Offline modeFull offline, syncs on reconnectLimited offlineLimited offline
Customer system recordsPhotos, notes, specs per customerCustomer notes availableFull CRM, complex interface
Time to startDownload and go, same daySetup + plan selectionDemo + implementation required

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Recurring routes. Customer system records. Water quality documentation. One app for salt deliveries, filter changes, and system installs. Free to start.

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