On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:35:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:21:31 -0700 (PDT), jamesgang

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On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:28:06 PM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:

On 10/22/2013 11:07 AM, NotMe wrote:



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By the way, some of the water that did not go into the pail spilled on



the floor and it left a white coating on the floor after it dried, of



this calcium. It looks like chalk in many ways.











An aside: What's the incident of kidney stones and heart problems?











Be interesting to study. There could easily



be a relationship. All that calcium, probably



good bones and teeth?











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Hard water is very common in many parts of the us. Particularly rural wells. Our well water is fairly hard. I got a water softener off craigs list but still need to re-plumb to hook it up. You don't want to soften the outside faucets and many people leave the kitchen cold tap off as well for drinking water. Water softeners substitute sodium for the calcium and magnesium in hard water. Too much sodium is bad for people with heart issues. How much sodium ends up in the water depends on how much calcium there was to begin with and how effective the water softener is.

If tou start with very hard water, the softened water will contain no

more than 13mg of sodium in a large glass of water - still very low

sodium. (assuming your softener is working reasonably well)

If the softener replaces the calcium with salt would it be possible for the water heater then fill up with salt? I have been replacing my water heater every 7 years and it is filled up something that resembles salt. I thought I was safe because the heater is after the softener. Any ideas on what to do to prevent this in the future?