Water Wisdom

Ten reasons you don't need to leave home to buy water treatment products After working in a water treatment showroom for over 25 years I can tell you that I miss those face to face information exchanges with customers. But things change and even for us older (shall I say more weathered) salespeople, it’s time to rethink the old way of doing things and embrace the new way. Shopping online for water treatment products offers many advantages for the consumer Clearly, the obvious is that you limit your exposure to people and places. But the pandemic will end and so...

You should never over-fill your salt tank   But how much is enough? Well, the answer will be different for different homes, but here's a general idea. Factoring in a few variables will make this easier to explain. The bigger the family, the more salt you will use. Also, the harder your water, the more salt you will use. So, if you are a family of six, with a water hardness of 30 grains per gallon, your salt consumption will be double that of a family of 3 or a family of six with 15 grains of hardness. That's not...

 Resin exchange, is it worth it?   So your water pressure is low and you suspect your water softener. This is a common problem for water softener owners on city water where chlorine and ammonia are added to the water supply to control bacteria. These chemicals are hard on resin, especially low-grade resin, and will sometimes cause it to break down. When ion-exchange resin fails, it expands and becomes soft. As the beads puff up, it reduces the amount of free-board or empty space in the resin tank and the result is low water pressure throughout the house. Many people think this is a city...