Many residential households use water softeners to remove hardness from water. Water softening can have benefits including extending the life of appliances, preventing scale on fixtures, reducing energy use in water heaters and decreasing the amount of cleaning products needed. However, there are some negative environmental impacts such as increased water use, and chloride from the salt discharged into surface waters where it is harmful to aquatic plants and animals. General features of water treatment options are described below for comparison but will vary by manufacturer, unit and application.Demand-initiated regeneration Many older softener regenerations are time clock initiated, using electronic
A Review of Ion-Exchange Residential Water Softening Options
There are some negative environmental impacts from softening water, such as increased water use, and chloride from the salt discharged into surface waters where it is harmful to aquatic plants and animals
Jun 11, 2019 | by Sara Heger, Ph.D. |
