Water Softeners

Water softeners are used to remove the dissolved minerals that make up hard water (calcium and magnesium) using ion exchange. They are also effective at removing ferrous (dissolved) iron, however they should not be used to remove ferric (precipitated) iron.

Water softeners use salt to clean themselves and >99.999% of the salt is flushed out during the cleaning cycle and does not enter the water in the house through the ion exchange process.

🛈 How it works:

➤ hard water enters though the inlet valve while in service

➤ Calcium and Magnesium bond to the media

➤ Treated water flows up through the riser pipe

➤ Treated water exits through the outlet valve while in service

➤ Media can treat a set amount of water before regeneration cycle (self cleaning) is needed

➤ Media regenerates (self cleans) by way of ion exchange

➤ The Brine Tank supplies the Filtration tank with a sodium brine solution

➤ concentrated sodium ions are exchanged for the Calcium and Magnesium ions

➤ The Calcium, Magnesium, and excess sodium are rinsed and removed through the drain line

➤ Regeneration frequency depends on water usage and water composition

Salt

Recommended:

We recommend using salt crystals, not pellets. They have a reduced risk of bridging / bricking up.

We do not recommend using salt pellets. They have an increased chance of bridging / bricking up.

Iron fighter salt is unnecessary. It simply has a resin cleaner laced into the salt. It does not help remove iron from your water any better than any other salt.

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