Re: water conditioners...do they work?

On Jan 7, 1:33 pm, d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein) wrote:
In <bc6f80f3-b7f6-49db-9a80-d723cfb0f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gary Slusser wrote in part:

The added sodium caused by ion exchange softening, if using softener
salt instead of potassium chloride (salt substitute) which is not as
efficient as 'salt' because all cation softening resins are made in
the sodium form, is 7.85 mg/l (roughly a quart) per gpg of exchange.
Thirty five gpg = 274.75 mg/liter (or quart).

Most of us are npt drinking the 8 8oz glasses of water we are supposed
to so how many are ingesting a quart of softened water a day?

An 8 oz glass of V8 is like 560 mg of sodium.

My doctor would rather have me find a substitute with less added salt.

Same size glass of skim milk, about 530.

The label on the gallon skim milk bottle in my refrigerator says 125 per
8 oz serving.

A slice of white bread, from 120-160 mg. On'n on.

- Don Klipstein (d...@xxxxxxxxx)

Your doctor may need to improve his knowledge of ion exchange water
softening. BTW, too much potassium in your diet can cause serious
health problems too. In much less time than sodium takes.

Water from one source to another source is usually very different, and
so is skim milk. Skim milk is produced from whole milk by any number
of mostly local or regional producers while the sodium content of milk
will vary from one source to another.

The vast majority of people with water softeners never notice a
difference in the taste of their water, coffee, tea or other beverages
made with the softened water.

If water has more than 3-4 gpg of hardness, it costs more to deal with
the hardness caused problems like increased cost to heat water,
premature wear of fixtures, clothing and all other fabrics washed in
hard water and all water using appliances, the need for skin creams
and cleansers, increased volume of soaps and detergents etc.etc., than
to purchase and maintain a water softener. Of course that implies you
pay attention to the purchase price of the softener.

Gary Slusser
Quality Water Associates
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