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HYTEC / WATER MANAGEMENT
●   WATER SYSTEMS / CONTINUOUS PROTECTION

Building
WATER
MANAGEMENT.

Every city’s water is different. Most water can be broadly characterized as hard or soft and each can create different problems within a building’s plumbing infrastructure if left untreated.

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COPPER PIPE
TREATMENT IN FLOW
INNER PROTECTION

750+

PROVEN / CANADA
BUILDINGS PROTECTED

Condominium, multifamily, commercial and institutional properties.

DIFFERENT WATER.
LASTING PROTECTION.

Depending on your property’s location, untreated water conditions can contribute to corrosion, pinhole leaks, scale buildup, equipment damage, water loss and costly re-piping projects. Hytec treats your building’s water to control these conditions and protect the plumbing infrastructure wherever water flows, helping it perform as intended and extending its useful life for years to come.

Hytec protects the plumbing infrastructure inside multi-family residential and commercial properties by treating the water that flows through it. Our water treatment systems are installed on the building’s main water supply, allowing us to manage the water before it travels throughout the property. From there, Hytec becomes your long-term water management partner. We’re responsible for monitoring system performance 24/7, providing ongoing service and adjusting treatment as required to keep the system performing as intended.

BALANCE YOUR
WATER.

In Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler, ultra-soft mountain-source water contains very little natural mineral content. Without sufficient mineral protection, the water can contribute to corrosion within plumbing systems, leading to pinhole leaks, premature deterioration and costly water damage.

STEP 01
CONTROL / PH

REMOVE HARMFUL
SCALING.

In Calgary, Toronto and other hard-water markets, the challenge is different. Higher concentrations of calcium and magnesium can form scale throughout the building’s plumbing and mechanical systems. Over time, these deposits can restrict water flow, reduce heat-transfer efficiency and contribute to deterioration of pipes, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and other water-contact equipment, all of which occur out of sight, from the inside out.

STEP 02
REMOVE / SCALE

PROTECT AND
COAT.

Hytec treats the water flowing through the building to protect the plumbing from the inside. At the core of our program, AquaSoft SW forms a protective zinc-based mineral coating on the interior surface of copper piping, helping stop ongoing corrosion and the conditions that lead to pinhole leaks.

STEP 03
COAT / PROTECT
Why Hytec
PRESERVATION / NOT REPLACEMENT

The cost isn’t limited to
replacing the
pipe itself.

Historically, buildings experiencing persistent plumbing failures have often been faced with increasingly expensive repairs followed eventually by a major re-piping project.

Years of pinhole leaks, emergency repairs, water damage, insurance claims, equipment inefficiency and rising maintenance costs can occur before a building ever reaches the decision to re-pipe.

Hytec offers a different approach.

By continuously managing the water conditions responsible for soft-water corrosion or hard-water scale, our treatment programs help protect the building’s existing plumbing and mechanical infrastructure, reduce avoidable failures and extend its useful life by many years or even decades.

Treatment flow: building water enters the Hytec system and returns as protected flow. Conceptual diagram.TREATMENT / 001FLOW PATHINLETCONDITIONOUTLETHYTECTREATMENTBUILDINGWATERPROTECTEDFLOWCONTINUOUS PROTECTION01 / INLETFLOW IN02 / OUTLETSAFE RETURN
01 / AQUAPLAN — SYSTEMS

Water Treatment for
Building plumbing systems.

Hytec runs one adaptable system, customized to the water your building actually has. This includes:

01

Systems

This is all run through a compact treatment unit that connects directly to your building’s domestic water line. A flow meter, dosing pump, sampling port, and automatic shutoff ensure consistent and accurate dosing. As the meter measures water usage, it signals the dosing pump to add treatment product in proportion to demand, keeping dosing precise across both high-traffic periods and quiet overnight hours. A downstream sampling port continuously checks treatment levels, giving the system the data it needs to shut off dosing automatically when appropriate.

02

Installation and safeguards

The entire unit is housed on a spill tray, and a backflow prevention valve blocks treated water from flowing back into the municipal system. Most installations are completed in around eight hours with little impact on residents.

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●   HYTEC / PIPE PROTECTION
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01 / YOUR PLUMBING

YOUR PIPES.
A CLOSER LOOK.

Water moves through your building’s existing pipework.

02 / TREATMENT

TREATMENT.
IN MOTION.

Hytec introduces treatment into the water to help protect the inside of the pipe.

03 / PROTECTIVE LAYER

PROTECTION.
FROM WITHIN.

AquaSoft SW forms a microscopic mineral coating along the inner wall of copper piping.

Conceptual view · Coating color and thickness exaggerated for clarity.

01 / 03
02 / AQUAPLAN

Products

Every building’s treatment program is designed around its local water chemistry, whether the incoming water is naturally soft or hard.

At the core of both programs is AquaSoft SW, which forms a protective zinc-based mineral coating on the interior surface of copper piping to help control corrosion and prevent the conditions that lead to pinhole leaks.

Hytec Water Management
AquaSoft
SW
WEST COAST BRITISH COLUMBIA
AquaSoft SW

Soft water protection

In soft-water markets such as West Coast British Columbia, Hytec carefully manages pH and water chemistry to support the formation and maintenance of this protective coating.

Soft water treatment
Hytec Water Management
AquaSoft
SW
Hytec Water Management
AquaSoft
HW3
CALGARY / GREATER TORONTO AREA
AquaSoft SW + HW3

Hard water protection

In hard-water markets such as Calgary and the Greater Toronto Area, AquaSoft SW is combined with AquaSoft HW3 to control mineral scale and progressively remove existing scale deposits, exposing the pipe surface so the protective coating can form and be maintained.

Hard water treatment
03 / AQUAPLAN — MYHYTEC
24/7
Technician reviewing a tablet beside industrial equipment controls.

Remote Monitoring

Every Hytec system is connected to myHytec, our 24/7 safety and remote monitoring platform. myHytec continuously verifies that treatment levels remain within established NSF safety and drinking-water treatment standards and that the equipment is operating correctly. You receive system performance information, and if an abnormal condition is detected, the system can automatically shut down Hytec’s treatment and immediately alert our technicians for service, providing continuous oversight between quarterly visits.

04 / AQUAPLAN

24/7 Support

Hytec stays on as your building’s long-term partner, not a vendor who disappears after installation. Our team provides ongoing service, optimization, and support for as long as we work with your building, so protecting your plumbing stays someone else’s job, not yours.

PROVEN ACROSS CANADA
750+

Buildings protected

Hytec protects the plumbing infrastructure of more than 750 condominium corporations, multifamily, commercial and institutional properties across Canada. Our customers include properties associated with BC Housing, the City of Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Pan Pacific Hotels, Westin Hotels, Fairmont Hotels, Burnaby Hospital and Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, along with hundreds of condominium communities that rely on Hytec every day to protect and extend the life of their plumbing infrastructure.

Why Hytec

Since 1996, we’ve installed and maintained systems for 750+ buildings across Canada, from strata corporations and rental housing providers to hospitals and hotels. Every system we install is backed by 24/7 remote monitoring through our myHytec platform, so building managers and strata councils always know their system is working exactly as it should, without having to think about it.

Hytec team reviewing service paperwork

The Original in Building Water Management

Hytec pioneered building water management in 1996 and has been advancing it ever since. What began as a new approach to protecting condominium plumbing has evolved over three decades into a proven water-management platform combining specialized treatment, intelligent controls, 24/7 remote monitoring and ongoing professional service.

Science Built for Your Building's Water

We offer proprietary treatment technology customized to each building’s water chemistry, with solutions proven in both the soft-water conditions of Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler to the hard-water environments of Calgary and the Greater Toronto Area.

Always-On Visibility

24/7 remote monitoring through myHytec, backed by decades of field-tested, data-driven recommendations. The system monitors and reports only; it cannot remotely alter treatment doses, eliminating security concerns.

Preservation over Replacement

Hytec provides building owners with an affordable alternative to premature full re-piping, helping extend the useful life of existing plumbing while avoiding the enormous cost, disruption, demolition and construction waste associated with building-wide pipe replacement.

Environmental Benefits

Hytec measures dissolved copper as part of our water-testing program because it provides an important indicator of active pipe corrosion. By reducing plumbing corrosion, extending the life of materials already in place and reducing the release of copper into wastewater, Hytec is also helping reduce the environmental footprint of the buildings we protect.

A Partner for the
Life of the Building.

Hytec offers a long-term relationship, not a one-time sale, with proactive monitoring, responsive support, and ongoing optimization throughout the building’s lifecycle.

●   AQUAPLAN / MONTHLY BILLING

BEFORE YOU
REPLACE.
LET’S TALK.

Before you replace your plumbing, talk to Hytec. Our affordable AquaPlan monthly billing program covers the entire building’s plumbing system without a capital investment or an unexpected special levy that can be unaffordable to residents of the building.

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