How Does Hard Water Affect Your Chino, CA Home?
Hard water contains high levels of minerals such as calcium and magnesium. While not harmful to your health, these minerals can cause scale buildup in appliances, reduce the effectiveness of soaps and detergents, and leave hair and skin feeling dull.
A water softener helps remove these minerals, improving water quality and protecting your plumbing and appliances. If you also want to reduce contaminants like chlorine and bacteria, a water filtration system can be added. In Chino, CA, J.I.G. Plumbing offers a variety of water softening and filtration solutions to provide cleaner, better-quality water throughout your home.
Enjoy The Benefits Of Soft Water
- Longer-lasting water-using appliances
- Smoother, softer skin and hair
- Improved water heater efficiency
- Less spotting on dishes and glassware
- Cleaner, softer, and whiter clothes and linens
How Does A Water Softener Work?
Water softeners are usually tanks with salt and resin beads that filter out calcium and magnesium. As hard water enters your home from a well or main water line, it travels to the water softener. Resin beads in the tank attract and trap impurities through the process of adsorption. Then, softened water leaves the tank and travels to plumbing throughout the house.
Every so often, the resin beads in water softeners need to be cleansed of their impurities and “recharged” so they can continue collecting hard water minerals. This is where the salt comes in. A brine (salt-water solution) is created, and as it flows through the resin tank, the sodium is exchanged for hard water minerals that have been extracted from your now soft water. Known as the “water softener backwash cycle,” this process enables you to repeatedly use your water softening system.
