CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:

Gary Slusser wrote:

The formula to determine how much added sodium from a softener using
sodium chloride salt is: 7.85 mg/l (roughly a quart) per grain per
gallon (gpg) of compensated hardness. Compensated hardness is all the
hardness + 4 times the iron ppm + 2 times the manganese. I'E 20 gpg
hardness * 7.85 = 157 mg/l added sodium per roughly a quart of the
water. If you check the label on a loaf of white bread, the average
sodium per slice is usually 120-150 mg. An 8 oz glass of ski, milk...
IIRC 530 and my V8 juice has 590 per 8 fl oz. So eat a potato chip or
pretzel or slice of bread less per day and drink a quart of your
softened water... and you'll actually LOWER your sodium intake!!

Gary
Quality Water Associates
www.qualitywaterassociates.com



Well what I didnt know was that the softner used Sodium Chloride. There
are other non drinkable salts and I was not aware it was using a
typically edible one. Especially table salt?

Hi,
5 different houses I have lived in the past all had softners.Tap for
drinking was never softened. House was plubed that way.
Any how we don't drink out of tap.
Tony