Water Softeners
Understanding Water Softeners
If you live in the Ventura or Santa Barbara counties, our experience shows that you most likely have hard water in your home. That includes homes both on city water or a private well. A water softener helps to remove excess minerals like magnesium and calcium from water before they enter your home. Why is that so important? If not removed these dissolved calcium and magnesium salts can be the primary culprits for scaling in pipes and water heaters and cause numerous frustrations with your laundry, kitchen, and bath.
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Benefits of Soft Water
- 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.
Enjoy Soft Water
Throughout Your Entire Home
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
Frequently Asked Questions
- 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.
No, you will want to use 3/4 the amount of detergents and soaps than you did with hard water.
- 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.
Nothing, just add the new material to the brine tank. You do not have to remove the material that is currently in the tank.
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
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.
