The Water Softener Blog

Water softening systems are basically an appliance that treats incoming water to the home to remove hardness minerals (Calcium, Magnesium) present in water and provide conditioned, softened water for the home to protect plumbing fixtures and water-using appliances to prevent hard water scale buildup and iron staining. Making the home run more efficient. Water softeners/conditioners are not the solution to every water treatment problem. There are a myriad of water chemistry problems such as high iron, manganese, hydrogen sulfide, and low PH along with many other water problems that require different types of water treatment equipment to correctly treat the water.  The first step in determining the proper water treatment solution is a complete water analysis to determine the hardness, iron, and other water chemistry issues that may need more treatment than a water softener. Water softeners have six main components: 1. Control Valve 2. Distributor Tube 3. Water Sof...

"Water Filters". Water filters cover the gambit from simple faucet filters, refrigerator filters, in-line filters to filter housings with a replaceable filter cartridge to all types of whole house backwashing / regenerating filtration systems that remove, iron, odors, manganese, radium, lead, turbidity and a plethora of other water problems.  This subject covers such a wide range of water problems it could take many blog articles to cover just the basics of water filtration.  One thing I know for certain though is what the typical consumer considers a water filter and what a water treatment professional would consider a water filter is totally different. In the first "Water Filters" article we will look at filter housings and filtration cartridge options.  Water filters installed for the whole house are called, Point of Entry (POE).  Water filters used for specific locations, like under a kitchen sink, are called, Point of Use (POU).  The most basic filtration...

Is the wife normally blonde but suddenly finds herself becoming a Redhead?  You could try telling her "red hair" is in vogue these days and she looks great as a redhead but that's probably not the best approach to solving the problem or keeping her happy!  I have a better idea.  Let her know you can fix the water and she will always be that naturally beautiful blonde you married!  You can make that happen and she can have blonde hair again.  Great water makes everything better and a "Happy Wife, is a Happy Life"! What are the culprits causing the problems? Iron, Manganese, and hydrogen sulfide are the most obvious problems with well water, causing staining on everything and everyone Hydrogen sulfide also has that nasty, rotten egg smell.  All three can cause problems, even at very low levels.  The good news is you don't have to live with water like this because all these water problems can be fixed and you can be the HERO. Fixing water l...

That is a very good question!  The simple answer is install a water softener.  The real answer is more complicated but it doesn't have to be complicated as long as you do some homework to make sure you purchase the right water softener system to solve your hard water problems. There are a lot of options out there now for so called "Salt Free Water Softeners".  Magnetic gadgets (to change the polarity of the water),  medias to bond the calcium and magnesium together (to make a larger molecular particle) that, theoretically, won't fall out of solution as easily, etc, etc.   At this point all of that is just "Hocus Pocus" and a money grab.  Here is a good example of how they get your money, then back down.  I get a call from a young couple that are having well water issues. They asked if I could come out to test their water and see what is going on with it.  They spent $3000 a couple months back on this system the...

There are so many subjects to cover I am in a bit of a quandary as where to start our first blog post about water treatment.  I guess we will start with the most important subject and what this is all about, "Water". Every drop of water on earth has been here since the beginning of time.  71% of the earth's surface is covered by water. Of that water 96.5% is in our oceans as salt water. That leaves 3.5% left as fresh water but 69% of that water is locked up in glaciers and the polar ice caps. This leaves less than 1% of the total volume of water on earth available as fresh water and most of that is deep underground and unavailable to us.  So you see there is actually very little water available for all of us to live our daily lives.  That is why it is so important to protect and conserve our water resources and do what we can individually to insure this precious resource is available for future generations. The Water Cycle The earths "Water Cycle...

Welcome to "The Water Softener Blog" and thank you for visiting our site.  This is our first post with our new blog site!  There is a lot more content to come. Now that I look at it further, that may not be the best picture to launch our new blog. The "Blogs Away" picture reminds me of the song "You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Baby" by the Gap Band from 1982!  We promise you there won't be any bombs dropped here, just helpful information. After thirty plus years in the water treatment business I decided there is a definite need for a new type of water treatment blog.  One that is practical, informative and useful for anyone dealing with water issues.  Where you can find the proper solutions, answers and options to your water treatment problems or concerns from a seasoned water treatment professional.  There are far too many water blogs started by people that pretend to be knowledgeable about water treatment but all they really know is what they resea...