Want to know more about the problems of hard water and how to fix them with a salt based water softener?"Water Treatment For Dummies: WQA Special Edition" is a consumer-directed publication from the Water Quality Association designed to answer common questions about the quality of water in your home or business. Under 50 pages in length and written in a simple, jargon-free style, Water Treatment for Dummies will give you a basic understanding of how ...
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Water softeners save costs on heating and reduces carbon footprint The Battelle Research Institute confirmed that the use of ion exchange water softeners to eliminate scale formation will result in water heaters remaining constant efficient over the entire life of the unit. In contrast, water heaters using un-softened water had a noticeable decrease in efficiency over the same period.  Further, there are environmental benefits to the use of a water softener: the lower use of ...
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How Softeners Work Conventional water softeners have two separate chambers, the resin tank and the brine tank, and use an ion-exchange process to remove the hardness ions calcium and magnesium. Softeners often are able to remove not only calcium and magnesium, but also iron, manganese and radium. Raw feed water is passed through a bed of resin "beads" inside the resin tank where the hardness ions in the feed water trade places on the resin ...
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California water agency's misguided attempt to ban water softeners The Salt Institute warns that a water agency’s ban of residential water softeners in a corner of California’s San Bernardino County would deprive homeowners of energy savings and do harm to the environment. The ban should not be enforced. “The eight cities and water districts affected by this ban of water softeners should exercise their legal right to not enforce it,” said Salt Institute President Lori ...
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Hard water: bad for your home and wallet Nearly 90 percent of American homes have hard water - water containing high levels of calcium and magnesium, according to The U.S. Geological Survey. The hardest water is commonly found in the states that run from Kansas to Texas as well as in Southern California. Hard water on its own is bad enough, making it difficult to wash clothes and dishes and leaving scaling on your pipes ...
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The Ocala Star Banner wrote an article about the benefits of saltwater pools over chlorine models. Read the complete article here ...
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