"Mike Stewart" wrote in message
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"m Ransley" wrote in message
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Drinking, showering with salty water. But I don't know the
concentration involved.


Actually water softeners use salt to remove calcium from the water.
They do not leave noticable amounts of salt in the treated water.


its enough to be of concern to people watching their salt intake. what ive
seen done is what they call a 1/2 and 1/2. put the hot water on the
softener and make it a little softer than normal. dishes, laundry,
showering, etc will get the benefit. OR... put the whole system on the
softener EXCEPT the cold tap in the kitchen and the ice maker/water tap if
the fridge has one.

there are other softening agents besides salt that you can use, but salt is
the cheapest and the others have their drawbacks also. you can also buy a
softener that uses no consumables at all, but it uses electricity and they
are expensive...

randy