Comments on: Bacteria in Drinking Water http://www.uswatersystems.com/blog/2010/07/bacteria-in-drinking-water/ The source for information on reverse osmosis, water softening, no-salt systems, iron and sulfur removal, disinfection and filtration for home and business - we do everything with water... except walk on it! Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:45:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Red http://www.uswatersystems.com/blog/2010/07/bacteria-in-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Red Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:26:00 +0000 http://www.askthewaterdoctor.com/?p=333#comment-883 hi,if I use a uv system how can or what would be best to remove minerals prior to uv system? <strong>The Water Doctor Replied:</strong> You can remove minerals by ion exchange (a water softener) or by reverse osmosis, but if the minerals are too high it will foul the reverse osmosis membrane. If you have substantial hardness (minerals) in your water, water softening is the only practical way. hi,if I use a uv system how can or what would be best to remove minerals prior to uv system?

The Water Doctor Replied:

You can remove minerals by ion exchange (a water softener) or by reverse osmosis, but if the minerals are too high it will foul the reverse osmosis membrane. If you have substantial hardness (minerals) in your water, water softening is the only practical way.

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