Jul
29
Changing Media
July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment
Anyone that has been shopping around for a media based water treatment device has probably asked themselves “How long will this media last and what’s involved with changing it”?
As far as the effective lifetime of softener resin or filter media goes, not even the manufacturer can predict for sure for some very good reasons. First, […]
Jul
24
The control valve on a water softener or automatic backwashing filter system is undoubtedly the most complex component of the entire system. While the control valves we sell on the web site are designed to last decades, very old controllers or lesser quality valves do break down. While repair is an option, you need to […]
Jul
18
Bottled Water Pollution
July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
When I think of bottled water, I think of those big 5-gallon jugs that you tip up on to the water cooler. Those jugs have a deposit charge on them so the bottled water company nearly always gets them back. But what about the bottled water you pick up at the convenience store? Those little […]
Jul
17
Metered Automatic Backwashing Filter?
July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Why not put a metered (on-demand) control valve on an auto-backwashing filter system? That way the filter system would only backwash when a certain amount of water has passed through it and not on a regular schedule.
It sounds good at first, but metered control valves are designed for and used on water softener media (ion […]
Jul
15
When Is A Softener Not A Softener?
July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
First off, I’d like to say that our Water Value blog has drawn in more traffic than any of the others we’ve hosted in the past, so we are going in the right direction. But I have also noticed that only a few members actually post anything related to water treatment or the subject at […]
Jul
5
This topic has been addressed on the web site and some of our older blogs but not here. Because this one is search-able, I thought it would be a good idea to address the subject of water pipe connections to our water treatment equipment.
There is a frequent misconception that if your water pipes are made […]