How Do Water Softeners Work?
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If you’ve ever stepped out of the shower without your hair feeling truly clean, you may want to investigate the world of water softeners. Cleansing showers are very important if you’re trying to get clean or cool off after a particularly hot day in Hesperia, but hard water might make that feel impossible.
What can a water softener do for you that makes such a difference? Thompson Family Plumbing and Drain, an expert in plumbing solutions from Hesperia to beyond in California, explains more below.
What Is Hard Water?
Hard water is groundwater that carries lots of minerals. As this hard water enters your property’s pipes, you’ll find problems emerging, whether in Hesperia or beyond. These problematic minerals might include calcium or metals.
If you try to wash your hair with hard water, you may notice how it clumps up when dry or feels dirty, even after a good shampoo. You may also find hard water bringing some challenges when you wash your dishes as if you’re trying to clean them off and are still noticing something like soap scum. If you clean your property’s floors or windows with water that’s hard, you may notice a residue after you sanitize.
Luckily, there’s an easy solution for hard water problems: a water softener. Your hard water from an urban water supply isn’t a problem with one of these softeners installed. If you’d like the water you can use confidently for cleaning, washing machines, sinks, and showers, it’s an easy fix.
What Is a Water Softener?
A water softener is a tank installation treatment system. This setup removes all the minerals that make your water hard using a mineral tank and a brine tank to filter the water. A softener removes the minerals with a process called ion exchange.
Hard water may be safe to drink, though it doesn’t always taste good. However, it is not exactly fun shaking out stiff clothes after a wash. Sodium chloride pellets or potassium chloride can help you counter this hard water problem, with or without a water softener.
How Do Water Softeners Work In Practice?
Your new water softener will draw water into the mineral tank, where it uses sodium chloride pellets to conduct ion exchange. Once the hard water “softens” in this tank, it moves through your property’s pipes and will no longer cause soap scum woes or straw-like hair.
After water softeners work for a while, the brine tank helps restore the sodium system by regenerating the beads’ ion exchange abilities. The control valve can sense the softening capacity within the tank. When it does, it activates the mineral tank to reset the water softening, which starts again.
No More Water Woes With Thompson Family Plumbing and Drain
Now that you know how water softeners work, why not get in touch with Thompson Family Plumbing and Drain. Whether that’s irrigation, leaks, or plumbing solutions, we’re your crew in California and Arizona.
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