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I live in the capitol height maryland area and is unable to find salt that you use for a water softening and purification system that i have placed on the water system for my house.

Lowes and Home Depot usually have them. They're in a really weird place though, so you should ask one of the workers.

2007-09-23 13:39:49 by chrissylove33

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Can you drink the water from the water softener system? Will it be salty? Does the filteration system help with hard water? Any info will really help! Thanks!

Water softening and water filtration are TWO different things. A water softener (with salt) softens the mineral content of the water (minerals make the water hard, but are healthy for you). Water filtration does NOT soften the water but instead, removes impurities, lead, etc., and minerals (removing minerals is not necessarily a good thing as you need the minerals in your body). If you drink water that has been doftened via a water softener you will NOT taste the salt, but of course you will be adding additional sodium to your diet and that would be bad if you have high blood pressure. There is a "bypass" valve on most softeners allowing for the drawing of unsoftened water. Also, DO NOT water your plants or the garden with soft water as it will ruin your plants.Pets should also be drinking UN-softened water, i.e., they should have hard water and get the mineral advantages.

2007-01-06 12:24:33 by Sherrie L

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I'm new to the world of "well water" and I seem to be using a lot of salt in our softener. We're using about 40 pounds per month. Is this normal?

it would depend on your total hardness, and the number of people in your household, and the capacity of your resin tank. Being in the country I"m hoping you have a metered softner with at least a 50,000 grain tank. Outside of the town I live in, I've got a friend who had a 24000 grain mineral tank, four people in his household, his hardness was 46 grains. They were going through 60lbs of sodium a month, cause they thing had to regenrate so much. I helped him replace his mineral tank with a 50,000 grain tank, a Fleck metered head rather than his electronic one, and now he has soft water all the tiem and is using about 30lbs a month since the bigger mineral tanks don't regenerate as much. I'm hoping your softner is a metered one and not one of the older culligan units that regenerate every other day no matter how much you use. Trust me, stay away from the units/heads that have a computerized head. They mess up a lot.

2006-12-10 04:22:59 by Captain Flatulence

there is a big platic tank filled about 1/5th of the way with salt pellets and water. a tube goes from this tank to the water purification tank that is a heavy, wound tank. the water is coming out of the tap with some contaminates in it.

You add more salt pellets to the holding tank as they are used up. You should never have to remove the pellets that are in there. If your tank is only 1/5th full, you should add more to fill it back up. If you are getting contaminates through your tap you will need to install/replace your filter. Remember, a water softener is not a water filter. If the contaminates (probably sand) are a permanent problem, than I would install a filter. If you install it where water first comes to your house from the main, then you are stopping contaminates from the source. Wait and see if this is a permanent problem though. New construction in the area or servicing to water mains or hydrants will cause sediment in water mains to come loose and eventually find their way to your taps. This normally stops.

2006-02-09 14:29:39 by answerer

I am always skeptical of such seemingly perfect solutions.

I wonder if salt use would be offset by higher electricity costs?

www.indiana.gov/newsroom.htm?detailContent=146_146.


I just ordered one but have not yet received it. See the link above for more objective info on the company and product. Given the 90 day money-back guarantee, I think it is worth a try.

Good luck.

2008-03-04 11:49:19 by baffled by gov.org