How To Shop For a New Water Softener

  So what does “hard water” mean in plain English? Hard water can be bad on your skin, hair, laundry, dishes and plumbing!  The solution to this would be a water softening system.   The official definition water softening is: “the reduction of the concentration of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. These “hardness ions” can cause a variety of undesired effects including galvanic corrosion, interfering with the action of soaps, and the build up of limescale, which can foul plumbing. Conventional water-softening appliances intended for household use depend on an ion-exchange resin in which hardness ions are exchanged for sodium ions. Water softening may be desirable where the...

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