LifeSource Water Logo
/
Blog
/
Water Softeners

Water Softeners

Spooky Facts about Water Softeners

Are you stuck under a water softener’s evil spell?

Find out why water softeners are double the toil and trouble for your home. These haunting facts will make you say RIP to your water softener.
Elitia Barnes writes blogs about clean water and water filtration systems for LifeSource Water Systems. Elitia Barnes

Water Softeners do NOT Filter Your Water!

Your water may feel “soft,” but don’t let that trick you. It’s still full of dirt, chlorine and chloramines. Water softeners do not filter your water.  In a process called ion exchange, water softeners strip water of naturally occurring minerals and replace them with sodium (or SALT). 

More trick than treat, right?

Water Softeners have Hidden Costs!

Salt-based water softeners have hidden costs.  Traditional water softeners require that you constantly add more salt - costing the average household $500-$700 in annual maintenance. But don’t forget, your water is still dirty. So, if you want clean drinking water, you’ll need a reverse osmosis system to filter out the salt, chlorine and organic contaminants. A reverse osmosis (R.O.) system can cost $300-$500 and only filters water at a single location in your home.  Replacing the filter cartridges and membranes of an R.O. system adds an average of $200 annually. Plus they waste 3-5 gallons of water for every filtered gallon.

As you can see, the cost adds up.  Not to mention, the time and energy spent manually adding salt to your tank.   I told you this article was scary.

Water Softeners are Hard on Municipal Water Systems

Water softeners not only drain your wallet, they also put a strain on our city water systems. Hundreds of gallons of sodium end up in our wastewater streams each year as a result of water softeners.  The average household will end up dumping 1,920 pounds of salt each year. 

Water treatment plants aren’t capable of removing that much salt, which means the water can’t be recycled or reused.  Many areas depend on recycled water for agriculture and industrial utilization.  This is causing an increasing number of cities to ban the use of water softeners.



A Water Softener Alternative!

Okay, we've gone over all the reasons NOT to buy a water softener.  But I know from personal experience that hard water scale build-up can be problematic. So, what’s the solution?   Find a salt-free whole house water system that filters and conditions your water!  Enjoy clean, delicious water from every tap in your home.  You wouldn’t want to drink dirty water and so don’t cook, bathe or clean with dirty water either. With filtered water, keep your family healthy and your home happy.





INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

We want to be transparent about the data we and our partners collect and how we use it, so you can best exercise control over your personal data. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION OUR PARTNERS COLLECT

We use the following partners to better improve your overall web browsing experience. They use cookies and other mechanisms to connect you with your social networks and tailor advertising to better match your interests. You can elect to opt-out of this information collection by unticking the boxes below.

Marketing and Advertising cookies allow us to track what users are looking at and engaging with on our websites. These cookies may be set by the advertising and media partners we work with. In some cases this information may be used by those companies to build a profile of interests and then show relevant advertising on other websites you visit.

Analytics cookies allow us to collect information to analyse how many people are using our websites, how our website is being used and its technical performance. By analysing this data we can then implement changes to our websites to make them more useful and improve the experience we offer.