Water Quality
Certainly, one of life's "little secrets" is having good-quality water available in your home. We are blessed here in Central Ohio. Most of our municipal water supply comes from local reservoirs. These usually provide very serviceable water directly into your home. Now, if you live in some of the outlying areas of Central Ohio, your water may be quite a bit harder. Nevertheless, it is usually very usable directly out of the tap. However, if our water were just a little harder, most of us would certainly have at least a water softener in our home, similar to the Dayton, OH market. What a lot of us don't realize is that we still actually struggle with hard water every day, just not to the point we HAVE to fix it. However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't fix it. Soft water definitely improves our quality of life.
Soft water has many benefits
Healthier skin: Because soft water contains fewer minerals, your skin picks up and holds moisture more easily. Bathing or showering in hard water can have adverse effects on your skin. The minerals in hard water strip the skin’s natural oils, which can dry it out and, for some, cause itchy, irritated skin.
Healthier hair: Soft water can help balance your hair’s pH level, while hard water can cause your hair to feel dry, brittle, and frizzy. It can also dull your hair color.
Brighter clothes: If your home has hard water, you're washing clothes in water with minerals that cause deposits. Over time, the minerals will cause the colors to fade. Some minerals can even cause stains or dingy whites. Soft water is the better option. In fact, many add salt to a load of colors to prevent bleeding, which isn't necessary for a soft water system and the use of sodium exchange.
Cleaner clothes: Soft water dissolves into fabrics more easily, cleaning them more effectively. With hard water, your clothes are washed with minerals that leave deposits on the fabric. Over time, the minerals will cause the colors to fade and whites to become dingy. Because soft water dissolves detergent more effectively, you can use less detergent and may not need fabric softeners at all.
Less time spent cleaning, especially in the bathroom. You know how time-consuming cleaning can be. You are constantly re-washing dishes and laundry. You may spend hours a week scrubbing chalky lime and soap scum off the walls of your showers, sinks, and faucets. Using a water softener not only prevents the adverse effects of hard water but also allows soap to dissolve and penetrate more effectively, so less insoluble soap scum or curd collects in your bathroom. Saving time on regular cleaning.
Saves money: Soft water is gentler on water-using appliances, including refrigerators, dishwashers, coffee makers, irons, and other water filtration systems such as under-sink or refrigerator filters, as well as water heaters. There is little need to flush a standard tank, and with a tankless system, you can go twice as long between scale-removal service visits.
Any Drawbacks To Soft Water?
If you are on a low-sodium diet, you may be concerned about drinking soft water because it can lead to sodium exchange. The amount of sodium added to your water depends entirely on your water's hardness level. The harder the water, the more sodium that is exchanged. Even then, it does not add up to a significant amount. In a glass of soft water, there is on average 12.5 mg of sodium. To put that into perspective, a single slice of whole wheat bread contains 211 mg of sodium.
Others question the need to remove calcium and magnesium from the water, as they are beneficial to your health. However, the amount of these minerals in hard water is insignificant compared with the time and money spent combating their adverse effects on your home. Both minerals are common in everyday supplements and in the leafy greens recommended for most healthy diets.
Also worth noting: our systems can be installed or converted to potassium chloride when a no-sodium diet is desired. In addition, a reverse osmosis drinking water system will remove any residual sodium. Even without additional filtration, no salt taste will be left in the water. If your water softener produces salty-tasting water, have it repaired or replaced immediately. It is not working correctly if any taste is present.
Types Of Systems We Offer
Water Softeners and Conditioners are designed to reduce water hardness. We offer traditional Water Softeners that use media to remove hardness and scale in the form of calcium and magnesium from water via an ion-exchange process. A typical softening system uses ion-exchange media that must be regenerated periodically with salt to maintain optimal performance. Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Water Softeners and Scale Removal Systems are available.
With recent developments in technology, and also a move toward a better environment made by states such as California, where there are laws in place to control salt using water softeners, we also provide an alternative solution, which is environmentally friendly - Salt Free Water Conditioners (also called "anti-scale or salt-less" water conditioners). Water conditioners operate differently from traditional ion-exchange softeners. They use specially designed media to reduce hardness, allowing it to be washed away. As a new technology, water conditioners are not yet designed to handle every water hardness application. For high hardness levels or if you own a tankless water heater, the best choice remains a traditional water softener. Contact us if you need help choosing the right hardness removal system.
In addition, we offer drinking water systems with bottled water, which currently cost more than premium gasoline. An in-home drinking water system will not only save you money but also eliminate the hassle of carrying bottled water home from the store.
Our goal is to make your next water heater replacement as affordable and straightforward as possible. If you would prefer, one of our expert technicians can come to your home to assess your situation. Please contact us. We offer an in-home consultation and provide a written quote at no charge.
