Good question. My brother-in-law installed a water softener that softens
*all* their water, then added a reverse osmosis device to remove the
sodium resulting from the softening process.

We're thinking of installing a water softener, but having it feed only
the water heater wouldn't do the trick because we often wash clothes
with warm water (i.e., a mixture of hot and cold). OTOH, we don't want
to be softening the water with which we water the garden. We'll just
have to figure out the precise point in the system at which to connect
the water softener.

Perce


On 11/30/05 10:19 am CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

Is it ok to drink this water? It seems like only the water to the hot
water heater is ever softened. Why is this?