Softening Hard Water

Overview

Salt-regenerated water softeners protect homeowners' largest investment and their quality of life.

Hard water does more than dull your hair and shorten the life of your white clothes and turn them gray. It brings into the average home the equivalent of 90 pounds of dissolved rock which deposit calcium and magnesium in pipes and, particularly, on the heating surfaces of industrial boilers, home water heaters, washing machines and dishwashers. As a result, water softening systems that remove calcium and magnesium have become popular; some consider them a necessity for industrial boilers, institutions and private homes. If you have hard water, you need a salt-regenerated water softener. 

Find out if you have hard water and what to do about it.