Water Softening

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I have been treating bad, nasty, stinking, staining, rotten-egg smelling, horrible well water for close to fifty years.  Some of my earliest memories of my late father (Stephen E. Timmons) were going to work with him at the water treatment company he worked for in Greenville, Ohio: “Miracle Water.”  As a side note, my father was the District Mana...

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If you are buying any water treatment equipment, make sure you are buying it from a member of the Water Quality Association (WQA) as they are bound by a Code of Ethics.  Don't settle for anything less...

Does the NuvoH2O salt free water softener really soften the water?  The short answer is really no, it does not.

I often get calls from people concerned about their water softener operation.  I have found that most people don’t understand how a water softener works.  This blog is intended to give a brief description on how a water softener works. Water softeners like the Matrixx Water Softener With Smartphone Programming (pictured belwo) use a process called ion exchange.  Every element in...

Recently, we had a customer who bought what he thought was a "salt-free water softener" and in fact, his invoice also said that it was a "salt-free water softener." The problem was that it did not soften his water, so he called the company who sold it and they said "Well, it doesn't ACTUALLY "Soften" the water!" So, it's called a water softener, but it doesn't actually soften the water? Would y...

A couple of months removed from the WQA's Epic Announcement that WQA Members (Water Quality Association) who use false and deceptive terms, like "Salt-Free Water Softener" will have their memberships revoked effective January 1, 2020, I thought I would look at the status of what WQA Members who have used this deceptive term (Salt-Free Water Softener) have done: Aquasana - Now owned by A.O.Smit...

To many families the joy of home ownership is sometimes spoiled when they find out that their "Home Sweet Home" has water that is less than desirable. For the record, that happens to be a pretty high percentage of the homes in the United States. However, no matter what the water problem(s) might be, "Point-of-Entry" water treatment is simply the best solution, whatever the problem(s) might be. ...

278. that is the number of zip code areas with lead poisoning levels twice that of Flint Michigan. This number will continue to increase. As of 2019 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimated the total cost of water infrastructure repairs needed is 3.6 trillion dollars by the year 2020. According to the American Water Works Association there are approximately 240,000 water main brea...

QUESTION: Hello, We have well water that was tested 4 days ago; No iron, ph 7.1, hardness GPG 29. We tested a second sample that was treated through a whole house system from Aquasana. The treated water tested 21 GPG hardness. We are miserable with this product. My hair is damaged, skin is dry, fixtures are coated. There is sandy grit in the water and we have 3 sediment filters hooked up. Two fr...

That's the question you need to ask if you are considering the purchase of a "salt-free water softener." Don't beat around the bush, pick up the phone and call whatever company is saying that they sell a salt-free water softener and just ask them: "But does it really soften the water?" If they say yes, then I will call them and buy it for you.  I'll pay for it! It's on me!  I guess you mus...