Water Softening Explained The Easy Way

Common occurrences of hard water are as follows:

• Water spots and film appearing on your dishes and stainless steel sinks and appliances.
• Clogged faucets, valves and pipes.
• Ring in your toilets and bath tub.
• The need to use up to four times more detergent and soaps.
• Soap scum build up.
• Itchy dry skin.
• Dull limp hair.
• Less efficiency, shortened life and higher costs for your water heater.

Water softeners remove the minerals from your water and here is how it works...

Your incoming water is directed into your water softener and as the hard water flows through 
the resin beads in the tank, the hard water particles stick to the resin beads.  The water that comes out of the tank is soft and/or mineral free.

After about a week the resin beads become saturated with calcium and magnesium, so the resin beads have to be regenerated or cleaned.  This is where adding salt to your water softener comes in to play:
water mixes with the salt in the outer tank and forms a Brine.  This brine flows through the resin beads cleaning and recharging them, and then this water is washed away typically once a week on a pre-set schedule.

Keep in mind here at J&S we offer FREE Water Testing, and check out our water softener systems comparisons here: http://www.js-services.ca/html/watersoftener.html