Culligan of West Texas wins Best Water Softener & RO Company in the Midland Reporter-Telegram's 2026 Reader's Choice Awards
Most people don’t think much about their water until it’s not working right. The scale building up on faucets. The spots on the glassware. The taste that’s just a little off. It’s easy to live with those things, day after day, without realizing how much better water could be.
That’s exactly why we do what we do. And it’s why we were so moved to learn that Midland Reporter-Telegram readers voted Culligan of West Texas the Best Water Softener & Reverse Osmosis Company in Midland for 2026.
A win that belongs to our neighbors
This isn’t an award a panel of judges handed us. It’s one voted on by real Midland families. Many of them our customers. Some of them, our neighbors who’ve watched a Culligan van pull into a driveway down the street. That makes it mean more, not less.
“This award doesn’t come from a committee. It comes from you – the people we serve every day,” said Cory Kennedy, Operations Manager of Culligan of West Texas. “You trust us with something that matters – The water in your home, the office, and on the job site. And that is something that we don’t take lightly. Midland, we are honored. Thank you.”
It’s not just hard water
If you’ve lived in Midland for any length of time, you already know: this is hard water country. Minerals build up fast, appliances work harder than they should, and skin and hair can feel it too. That’s usually where the conversation about water treatment starts for most families.
But hardness is only part of the story. Public water quality data for our area has repeatedly flagged contaminants that go beyond scale and spots: arsenic and nitrates among them, along with disinfection byproducts (chlorine) that form during treatment. We also test for and monitor emerging concerns like PFAS, and for households outside city water service relying on private wells, bacteria is a real consideration too. None of this is meant to alarm anyone; it’s simply why so many Midland families choose to treat their water beyond a basic softener, and why we take the time to test before we recommend anything.
Solutions built for what’s actually in your water
This is exactly why we don’t sell a single product and call it done. Water softeners handle the hardness: protecting pipes, appliances, and water heaters from scale buildup. Reverse osmosis drinking water systems go further, targeting dissolved contaminants like arsenic and nitrates right at the tap or the whole home. Whole-home filtration addresses taste, odor, and disinfection byproducts. And for the families on private wells around Midland, we offer well water testing so you know exactly what you’re working with before choosing a system. Add in salt and filter delivery, and it’s a full lineup built around one goal: water you don’t have to think twice about.
Chosen for more than our equipment
Here’s what we think this award really reflects: it’s not just about the systems we install, it’s about what happens after. Anyone can sell a water softener. What earns trust is showing up for the service call, making sure that system is still performing exactly as promised a year (or five, ten years) later, and checking in to make sure our customers are actually happy with how their water tastes, feels, and works. That ongoing relationship, more than any single product, is what we believe Midland voted for.
Thank you, Midland
To everyone who voted, who trusted us with their homes, and who told a friend or neighbor about us. Thank you. Awards like this don’t happen without a community behind them, and we’re proud to call Midland ours.
To transform your water is to transform the world. We’re grateful Midland sees that too.
Haven’t experienced the difference yet?
Schedule a free water test with our Culligan team and see what an award-winning water softener or reverse osmosis system could do for your home.
