The Problems With Water

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Why Does My Water Need to be Conditioned?

The facts are indisputable: the hard water that is piped into the vast majority of our homes, offices, factories and other buildings causes scale build-up. And scale build-up causes problems that result in wasted dollars.

Water heater inefficiency is just one of these problems. Scale reduces the water flow and decreases heat transfer. The estimated energy cost for running a 40-gallon electric hot water heater is $450 each year. A scale build-up of just 3/8" gobbles up 55 percent more energy, according to the U.S. Bureau of Standards. That's an additional $247 more each year to produce the same amount of hot water, for a total of $697!

In heat exchangers/cooling towers, scale build-up results in reduced heat transfer, resulting in higher energy and chemical costs, not to mention the environmental impact of chemical disposal.

Boilers suffer from scale build-up in the same way: a loss of heat transfer efficiency that triggers an increase in energy and chemical costs.

Scale build-up from hard water also causes the following problems:

• clogged water pipes,
• reduced water pressure,
• "frozen" valves on faucets,
• hard-to-remove soap film on shower tiles and doors,
• white deposits on shower heads,
• spots and milky clouds on glassware and silverware,
• crusted rings in toilet tanks,
• spotting on tubs, chrome and tile,
• poor sudsing of soaps, detergents, and shampoos,
• scale-related performanace decreases in other appliances that use water.

Fuel is another fluid that causes problems if not treated. While scale build-up is not a problem in gasoline and diesel fuel, incomplete combustion is. Combustion is never complete in gasoline and diesel engines. This is readily visible in the accumulations of carbon in combustion chambers and valves, and in the varnish that forms in injectors and carburetors.

Incomplete combustion results in harmful emissions, as well as decreased fuel efficiency and engine performance. Like scale build-up in water these problems take dollars out of your pocket and harm the environment.

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