Ventura Water Softener System
Are looking for an Ventura Water Softener System for your home?
Advanced Water Solutions can help. Hard water is fine to drink, but it is well known for its negative side effects when used throughout your home, and because of this, Deciding to add a water softener system to your home is an easy decision to make because it does have plenty of health benefits that regular H2O just doesn’t. Over time, many people have gone out to share their experiences after making the upgrade to their filtering or softner systems. If you are like most people, your home is the one of the largest investments you’ve ever made. It takes so many little details all working together in perfect harmony to ensure your home runs like a well-oiled machine. Here are three ways Oxnard Water Company Advanced Water Solutions can take care of your water through home water filtration, so you can take care of yourself and your family
Here is a very nice twin softener installation done by our technician. This unit is not only going to give you soft water, it will also filter the water coming into your home for Chlorine, Chloramines, pesticides and herbicides.
Tired of hard water spots all over your dishes and shower doors? Call us today! 805-420-7645 This system is one of our newest and most efficient water softeners with whole house filtration.
Do you have a tank-less hot water heater? Here is an install we did for a customer who had a tank-less water heater installed. In order to keep tank-less water heaters functioning properly you need to have soft water going thru the unit. If not hard water will build up inside the unit and cause it to malfunction.
Serving The Central Coast and Southern California
Ventura County
Agoura, Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Fillmore, Malibu, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Oak View, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Somis, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Westlake Village
Santa Barbara County
Ballard, Buellton, Carpinteria, Gaviota, Goleta, Isla Vista, Lompoc, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Montecito, Orcutt, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Solvang, Summerland, Vandenberg
Water is the Lifeblood of
Your Home Just as it is for Your Health
What are the Benefits of Soft Water?
If you live in Ventura, our experience shows that you most likely have hard water in your home. That includes homes both on city water or a well. As a homeowner, it seems like there is always something to do to keep our house clean and presentable. However, with hard water we never realized how much time and money we were wasting each week.
The Benefits:
- Having soft water saves you money. According to a study by the Battelle Institute, you use up to 75% less soap and fewer cleaning products with soft water. Considering the soap and detergent aisle is the most expensive aisle in the grocery store, your budget will immediately reflect the savings!
- Your plumbing will last longer. Hard water can cause a build up of scale from mineral deposits. Over time, pipes and fixtures can clog, water flow can diminish, and water pressure can be reduced. This doesn't happen with soft water. Soft water is low in mineral content and therefore doesn't leave deposits in the pipes.
- Your hot water heater will last longer. Scale and lime build-up created by minerals will not take place if your water is soft. This adds life to your hot water heater. Also, if you have deposits in your hot water heater, the University of New Mexico found it will cost up to 29.6% more to heat the water that your family does use.
- Diminished razor burn and less dry, cracked skin: Soft water causes the razor to glide more easily across the face. This, in turn, causes your razor blades to last longer. Hard water minerals can also build up on your skin. You know that “squeaky” clean feeling after a shower? Well that's not the feel of your natural skin. Often it's the result of minerals bonding with your soap to stick to your skin.
- Water-using appliances will last longer. Whether it's your coffee pot, humidifier, or hot tub, your hard water is causing a build-up of minerals and reducing the life of these products.
In the Kitchen:
- Shiny, spotless dishes and glasses
- Sparkling-clean sinks
- Longer life for plumbing and appliances
- Cleaner dishwasher with no scale buildup
In the Bathroom:
- Cleaner fixtures with no soap-scum buildup
- Stain-free sinks, tubs, and showers
- Softer skin and more manageable hair
- Use less shampoo and conditioners
In the Laundry:
- Wash is fresher, cleaner, and brighter
- Longer life for washing machine
- Use less detergent
- Softer clothes
Ventura Water Softener System
I've been in the water treatment industry for over 30 years and it's kind of interesting when you compare the water treatment industry to the food industry. In food and dieting fats were bad… Then just saturated fats… Then most fats were actually good… But those trans fats aren't ever good… Honestly, I don't know much about any of that stuff but we do know about water and it's actually a bit simpler.
There are Potentially Unhealthy Contaminants in Your Water You Don't Want in Your Body
Did you know the safe drinking water act of 1974, which dictates the quality of water that you are legally allowed to get out of your tap, regulates less than 100 water contaminants. However the EPA estimates there are around 60,000 chemicals in the US right now. Just think about all of the medicines and prescriptions we take, pass through our system, and then end up back in our drinking water unregulated. My point isn’t to scare you, just to educate you about how we’ve been helping people improve their water by making it healthier. An Ventura Water Softener system is important for a home because it includes the health of everyone living in it. Softened water is such a necessity these days especially since clean drinking water is so critical for survival. To reduce contaminants in your water up to 98% we have high quality Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Filter systems available along with our dedicated service and maintenance. We also offer sediment filters, carbon filters (to remove chlorine and odors), Ultraviolet Lights (to kill living organisms), and even Water Ionizers to provide alkaline water.
Soft Water FAQs
The hardness of water is measured in grains per gallon (gpg). One grain of hardness is equal to 1 / 7,000 pound of rock. Your municipal water supply may measure water hardness in milligrams (mg), liters (L) or parts per million (ppm). One gpg is equal to 17.1 mg / L or 17.1 ppm.
The rated capacity of a softener is the maximum number of grains of water hardness the unit can remove prior to regeneration.
To determine the appropriate water softener size for your home, multiply the number of people in your home by the gallons of water they use each day. (80 gallons per person is the average.) Multiply that number by the grains of hardness in your water to figure out how many grains need to be removed each day. Then, shop for a water softener equipped to handle the load. Most four-person households use a 33,000-grain unit.
It uses about as much as a digital alarm clock.
- There are several different types of salt that is sold for water softeners. We recommend using solar salt.
- Solar or coarse salt has far less insoluble matter than rock salt. We sell and can deliver salt should you need it.
- Sodium chloride, known as salt, is a naturally occurring mineral.
- Potassium chloride (KCL) is also a salt and functions exactly the same in your water softener as sodium chloride.
- Potassium chloride is a naturally occurring mineral that is primarily used in agriculture. It promotes plant growth and conditions soil.
- It is safe to use on your plants; whereas sodium chloride is not.
- Lift the lid and add to the tank. Do NOT add to small white tube inside the tank. Keep salt level below the top of the white tube inside the tank.
- The salt or potassium (KCL) is added to the brine tank. This is a short round or square plastic tank with a lid on it and is usually black.
- Humidity or wrong type of salt may create a cavity between the water and the salt. This action, known as “bridging”, prevents the brine solution from being made, leading to your water supply being hard.
- If you suspect salt bridging, carefully pound on the outside of the brine tank or pour some warm water over the salt to break up the bridge. This should always be followed up by allowing the unit to use up any remaining salt and then thoroughly cleaning out the brine tank. Remember to add water to the brine tank after cleaning.
- Allow four hours to produce a brine solution, and then manually regenerate the softener.
- On some models, the brine tank will always have water in it. This is the brine solution that will be used during the regeneration.
- If the brine tank is more than half full the system may need servicing.
- Amount of chlorine/chloramines in the supply water. (Chlorine shortens resin life) Chlorine can be removed with a carbon pre-filter. Average life span with a carbon pre-filter is 11-15 years.
- Resin Quality. Average life span without carbon filter is 7-9 years.
- How often the system regenerates.
- Amount of chlorine/chloramines in the supply water. (Chlorine shortens resin life) Chlorine can be removed with a carbon pre-filter. Average life span with a carbon pre-filter is 11-15 years.
- Resin Quality. Average life span without carbon filter is 7-9 years.
- How often the system regenerates.
Our Certifications
Advanced Water Solutions is a member of the Santa Barbara and Ventura Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Water Quality Association (WQA). In March of 2011 AWS was recognized as a Hall of Fame Member with the BBB for a record of no outstanding complaints. Jay Hellenbrand is a certified Water Specialist, Certified Installer, and has specialty certifications in Reverse Osmosis, Deionization, Filtration, and Ultra filtration. Jay also carries a California State Contractors License. Advanced Water Solutions also meets California's requirement for water softeners to have a salt efficiency rating of at least 4,000 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration.
