Many residential households use water softeners to remove hardness from water. Water softening can have benefits including extending the life of appliances, preventing scale on fixtures, reducing energy use in water heaters and decreasing the amount of cleaning products needed....
A Review of Ion-Exchange Residential Water Softening Options
There are some negative environmental impacts from softening water, such as increased water use, and chloride from the salt discharged into surface waters where it is harmful to aquatic plants and animals
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