Salt-based water softener systems and exchange tanks can prolong the lives of household appliances and faucets, but they also carry environmental costs. The biweekly trucking of exchange tanks to ...

Do you want to use a water softener in your home? It can help eliminate any hard water problems you have, but there are some hidden downsides to consider.

Water softeners could seem like a frivolous expense, particularly if you haven’t felt the effects of hard water. But the minerals in such H2O can wreak havoc on your plumbing and skin. Growing up, I ...

Q: I'd like to soften the water in our house, or at least get some of the minerals out of the pipes. Culligan-type water softeners are supposed to release a lot of salt into the ground, which I think ...

Clever chemistry could take the salt out of water softening. Aluminum ions can strip minerals from water without the need for sodium, researchers report online October 4 in Environmental Science & ...

OXFORD — Katie Lindauer opens her Hawks Landing dishwasher, picks up a pan she used to make dinner the previous night to find it covered in what appears to be white baking powder. “The dishes were ...

You don’t have to be a scientist to know if your home has hard water. Maybe you’ve seen cloudy spots on glassware or experienced a crusted-up kitchen faucet. Maybe the film on the shower door seems ...

When you look at a U.S. Geological Survey map of where water is hardest, almost all of Arizona is dark red, indicating our state — along with Utah, Colorado, Texas and other places — has some of the ...

Pre-softened water may one day flow through the water mains of Woodbury — ending the need for water softeners in thousands of homes. At an Oct. 20 city council workshop, officials raised the ...

This profile has not been claimed by the company. See reviews below to learn more or submit your own review. LifeSource Water Systems sells, installs and services home water treatment systems. It ...

Huber Heights has started making upgrades to the water treatment plant on Rip Rap Road, adding technology that will soften the city’s water. Once completed, the water will be a little softer than ...