Hard Water Softening
Water is considered “hard” when your Sherborn water contains higher levels of dissolved calcium and magnesium. It makes cleaning clothes more difficult, creates streaking on dishes and glasses, and makes cleaning your hair and skin well a challenge. It can also damage your home’s piping distribution system if not corrected. There are high efficiency filtration solutions that will remove these minerals through the proven ion exchange softening process.
While symptoms of quality issues such as bad odors & taste, staining of laundry, bathroom fixtures, etc. are indicators of problems, the preferred starting point is to get a test to identify the minerals or contaminants and at what quantity they exist. This will lead to an effective system recommendation and route to providing your home with excellent water quality. While certain minerals & contaminants can be tested on-site (iron, hardness, pH, total dissolved solids), health threat items like radon, arsenic, nitrates and others should be properly sampled and brought to a certified laboratory for testing that requires specialized equipment.
Damaging Scale
A softener is a type of whole house filtration system that is designed for removing hard water minerals (magnesium & calcium) as well as dissolved iron and manganese. For high levels of iron or manganese (“the stainers”), an “Up-flow” softener is recommended to prevent mineral build-up in the bottom of the softener tank.
Water Softener & Sediment Filter
