Water Treatment
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Water is considered "hard" if it contains a considerable amount of dissolved calcium and or magnesium. When hard water is heated, the calcium and magnesium precipitates out of the water and adheres to the water heater, pots, pans and pipes. It reacts with soap and forms scum and reduces the ability for soap to do its job. The scum collects on tub or shower walls and it's a chore to keep those clean. You can't reach inside the water heater or pipes and eventually premature failure of these items occur.
The operation of a water softener is simple. It's an ion exchange process. The calcium and magnesium ions in the water are replaced with sodium or potassium ions. Since either does not precipitate out in pipes or react badly with soap, both of the hard water problems are 
eliminated.
To do the ion replacement, the water flows through a bed of small plastic beads called zeolite. The beads (zeolite) are covered with potassium or sodium ions. As the water flows pas
t these new ions, they swap places with the calcium
and magnesium ions. Eventually, the beads contain nothing but calcium and magnesium and no potassium or sodium, and at this point they stop softening the water. It is then time to recharge the beads.
Recharging (regeneration) involves soaking the zeolite in a stream of potassium or sodium ions. The water softener mixes up a very strong solution of potassium chloride or sodium chloride and flushes it through the beads. This solution displaces all of the calcium and magnesium that has built up on the beads and replaces it again with "good" ions. The remaining solution plus all of the calcium and magnesium is flushed out through a drain pipe.
Whether its chlorine removal, sediment removal, filtration, acidic water, reverse osmosis for pure drinking water or any other water quality problem, it can be solved with the quality products we have available such as Charger. Save time, money, trouble, by treating the water you are already paying for instead of buying bottled water.
