Water Makers (Desalination)

Marine reverse-osmosis water makers have three failure modes: the low-pressure feed side (boost pump, pre-filters, feed valves), the high-pressure side (Cat pump, energy recovery module, high-pressure hoses, pressure vessels), and the product-water side (membranes, salinity probe, product valve, tanks). We diagnose all three on a single visit and carry the parts to fix the most common faults on the truck.

We service Sea Recovery (Aqua Whisper, Aqua Mini, Ultra Whisper — the Parker Hannifin brand that dominates the sportfish and motoryacht market), Spectra Watermakers (Ventura, Cape Horn, Newport — the energy-recovery brand favored on cruising sailboats and long-range trawlers), Village Marine Tec (Little Wonder and Squirt platforms), HRO Systems / FCI Watermakers (Seafari and Aqua Miser), Dessalator, Schenker, Rainman, ECHOTec, and Katadyn. If it's an OEM install in Florida, we've worked on it.

The most common calls: 'my water maker won't build pressure' (usually a pre-filter clog, a boost pump failure, or a worn high-pressure pump), 'salinity is high and product is dumping to the bilge' (fouled or scaled membrane, bad salinity probe, or a failed diverter valve), 'the system hasn't run in six months and now it leaks' (perished O-rings and dried gaskets — a full pickle-and-flush service usually recovers it), and 'we replaced membranes last year and output is already down' (either a chlorine-attack incident, a biological fouling event, or a scale problem from a bad flush routine).

Membrane replacement is a specialty. We carry the common Filmtec / Dow SW30-2540 and SW30-4040 sizes, service pressure vessels in-place, and pickle old membranes properly if they're worth storing. New commissioning includes salt-water flush, pickling schedule, and a written first-run salinity/output report so you know exactly what the system does on day one — and how it should compare a year from now.

New water maker installs are a full-day-plus job. Sizing (gallons per day vs. genset load vs. tank capacity), through-hull placement, high-pressure hose routing, feed and product plumbing, salinity-probe diversion, and control-panel mounting — all engineered before parts get ordered. We install in-slip on most boats up to about 65 ft; larger yachts we coordinate with the yard for the through-hulls but do the mechanical and commissioning work dockside.

Every service call is a flat $240 covering the first hour of on-site diagnostic and travel from Boynton Beach to Ft. Lauderdale. Outside that range is $60 per half hour. Same-visit repair on most calls — we come to your slip with the pumps, filters, membranes, and hoses.