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bs

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Apr 16, 2005, 12:41:52 PM4/16/05
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I live in hard water area and I am thinking of getting a water softener.....
the type that uses salt.
To keep this short....I would not be able to take an "untreated" pipe to my
kitchen sink.

SO I/we would have to drink the processed "soft" water.

Would this be ok........from a safety and taste point of view?

Not too much info out there on the net on this specific area. I would love
the joys of kettles that didn't fur up...lots of soapy suds and chrome taps
that don't look tatty after a while.........ah!!!! I hate hard water!

But can I drink the soft stuff


thanks

Barry
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Lloyd and Sarah

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Apr 16, 2005, 1:23:38 PM4/16/05
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Water softener companies always advice having at least one hard water
(untreated tap) Water softeners of the traditional type (the ones with salt)
do regular rinses with the salt water which will increase the level of
sodium in the tap. To be honest with you I would try and have one untreated
tap, for health and also for tast, IMHO!

Cheers

Lloyd
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EricP

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Apr 16, 2005, 1:40:31 PM4/16/05
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:41:52 +0100, "bs" <acti...@wootroe.com>
babbled like a waterfall and said:

>I live in hard water area and I am thinking of getting a water softener.....
>the type that uses salt.
>To keep this short....I would not be able to take an "untreated" pipe to my
>kitchen sink.
>
>SO I/we would have to drink the processed "soft" water.
>
>Would this be ok........from a safety and taste point of view?

The flavour of the month was that hard water mitigated heart problems.
Based on lower heart problems in hard water areas.

But then the same people expect you to keel over dead from eating a
chip.......

Paul Saunders

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Apr 16, 2005, 3:20:24 PM4/16/05
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No way should you drink artificially softened water as the sodium content is
quite high and would almost certainly give you more intake than the
recommended limits.
I can also speak from experience on this as I had a water softener back in
the early 80's and then there was no recommendation to put in a separate
tap. In fact, in the sales pitch they used to tell you how much less tea and
coffee you can use compared with hard water. At the time my son was a few
months old and he continually suffered really bad constipation. Just a few
months after, there was a feature on 'That's life' with other people having
the same problem with their young children. Since this was highlighted water
softeners have always been sold with the recommendation of having a
un-softened supply for drinking.
You could try one of the electronic water conditioners. These obviously
don't soften the water but it helps to suspend the calcium particles so they
tend not to stick on the surfaces of kettles and the like Of course you
still get some scale but it's easier to remove.

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Gel

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Apr 16, 2005, 3:23:57 PM4/16/05
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and of course you need untreated tap for gardening purposes.
Odd drink from softened tap no harm, but all that sodium bad for blood
pressure.

John

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Apr 16, 2005, 4:24:11 PM4/16/05
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We have the water softener under the sink (a good but expensive one that
doesn't need an electrcity supply). This supplies the boiler, washing
machine, dishwasher, shower etc and the hot tap at the kitchen sink - so
most of the washing-up water is softened. The kitchen cold tap is straight
from the main and we also have a drinking water filter plumbed off the cold
water supply feeding a small tap next to the sink.

I've heard that softened water has increased levels of sodium so not good
for blood pressure.

The softened water feels soft and is great for washing - bodies and clothes
etc.


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It's normal to have a little tap fitted to your sink to give you untreated
water, this is normally tee'd of from your existing pipe work before the
bypass plumbing is added so I doubt would take up any more room.

I did drink softend water for a couple of years, didn't notice any problems
but it's not recomended.


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