Water Softeners
As we become resigned to another drier-than-normal year, we are hearing lots of talk about water conservation.
We hear about bricks in toilet tanks and low-flow showers and running dishwashers with a full load. What I have never heard on this water-conservation list is a mention of water softeners and a discussion of the prodigious amounts of water they waste.
For the Zeolite in the softener to function, it must be back-flushed every day with tap water that first flows through a salt-tank and then through the Zeolite. This substantial quantity of salty water is now 100% waste and goes into the sewer. Not only is this daily flushing process very wasteful of tap water but, on top of this, many homes waste much of the softened water as well, using it where its softness serves no purpose.
Wouldn’t it be reasonable to have a discussion of the limitation or elimination of water softeners?
RON GREIM
Orange
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