Did
you know?
Reverse osmosis is the finest water filtration method known. This process will
allow the removal of particles as small as ions from a solution. It is used
to purify water and remove salts and other impurities in order to improve the
color, taste or properties of the fluid. R.O. uses a membrane that is semi-permeable,
allowing the fluid that is being purified to pass through it, while rejecting
other ions and contaminants from passing. This technology uses a process
known as crossflow to allow the r.o. membrane to continually clean itself. This
is the reason of why an r.o. element can last many years before clogging or
need replacement. This
water purification process requires a driving force to push the fluid through
the membrane, and the most common force is household water pressure or pressure
from a booster pump. The higher the pressure, the larger the driving force and
efficiency.
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HOW HARD WATER CAUSES
SOAP CURD FORMATION
If such
a 7.5 grain water is used in the home for washing purposes, the positive
calcium and magnesium ions react with the soap used to produce insoluble
soap curds.
It is these insoluble
soap curds that produce the ring around the bathtub, the half-clean, dingy-looking
clothes, etc.
Again, if such water
is brought into the home or factory and heated or boiled, the bicarbonate
anions revert to their carbonates, which combined with calcium and magnesium
produce scale on the walls of the container or in the piping system.
In a manner of speaking,
scientists working out the problem of eliminating hardness minerals from
a water supply applied the cause of the problem in obtaining the solution.
They
reasoned that if some ions not contributing to hardness could be introduced
into a water supply as a replacement for the calcium and magnesium ions,
water could be made totally soft, totally useful. The result was the ion
exchange process for treating hard water.
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Many cities
across the U.S. have started to ban traditional water softeners from their
communities even though they have hard water. These ion-exchange systems
use large amounts of salt, which is then flushed down the drain and harms
the environment. Sanitary departments are then forced to build treatment
plants to remove the salt and they in-turn pass these costs down to the
consumer through higher monthly water bills. Thus many cities have decided
that it is not worth the cost and effort and have banned the use of salt-based
water softeners altogether.
Salt-free
water softeners are a better solution. These systems use catalytic conversion
to safely soften water without the use of salts and are much better for
our environment and local waterways. Salt-free water softeners deliver
all the benefits of traditional water softeners and are approved for use
by every community.
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