I'm thankful that we don't have to use a water softener here
where I >live. I've visited friends who had one, and I couldn't
drink the water. Despite all the jabber that the salt doesn't get
into the softened water, I think it does sometimes. Their softened
water was too salty for me to drink, it was quite nasty tasting.
(Kathy)
Kathy, I bet their water was nasty tasting before being softened. We
have to soften our water and it doesn’t change it’s taste. Our
neighboring town has bad tasting water both treated and untreated.
The water in my city is great either way. Annette
Hi Annette, why would nutritionists be concerned with the sodium
in our diet being influenced by soft water?
You may get a better answer f you ask a nutritionist, but one
of the things that affects some folks is sodium. They've got to
watch their sodium intake. Water that's been softened using a
water softener regenerated with sodium chloride (NaCl) has a higher
conentration of sodium than unsoftened water. Using this water for
cooking & human consumption results in the body getting more than
a normal amount of sodium.Dave
Dave, That’s where the previous posts had me confused. They stated
that the salt didn’t enter the water. So why does softened water
have a higher concentration of sodium? Annette
Is there a place where I can find the listings of all of the
jewelry show that are here in the states?
I’m not sure of all the chemistry involved. But an over simplified
explanation is, the calcium (& other minerals) in the raw water are
exchanged with sodium ions in the resin bed. The ‘hard’ minerals are
then removed from the resin bed during regeneration by the brine
solution. The resin bed retains the sodium ions & the ‘hard’ minerals
are dumped with the brine used for regeneration.
Kathy, I bet their water was nasty tasting before being
softened. We have to soften our water and it doesn't change it's
taste. Our neighboring town has bad tasting water both treated and
untreated. The water in my city is great either way. Annette
Yes, the salt should not give it any particular flavor. But lost of
water, if it comes from an iron-rich area, for instance, can have
quite a “tooth”! If the softened water is to salty to the taste,
there are “polishing units” that you can get that go under the
kitchen sink that will take that out.
In standard water softening systems there is always a very small
counter reaction and some sodium ions enter the water supply (notice
“sodium ions” and not salt!)
In societies such as N America and Europe where there is already a
high amount of sodium in the diet it is usually suggested that the
softened water is not used for drinking or cooking and a separate
pipe is often led to the kitchen which delivers hard water.