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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
Those "salt bins" are called a brine tank and they are for softening the water which iron among other minerals are responsible for making it "hard".Almost all softening systems will have a brine tank in this area.
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One thing to look at and this is REALLY important. If you look at a house that happens to have a brine based water softener installed, or have one installed do not under any circumstances have them drain into a septic system. It will destroy it. When I put mine in I dug a dry well to drain it into in the back yard. Now I have no idea if that is "legal" per say but draining it in your septic system will lead to premature failure. There are other methods to soften water, but they can be significantly more expensive.
I think the whole idea of a dug well is fine provided the source of water is that good and more importantly reliable. I'd personally not necessarily shy away from one, but I'd have plan b in my back pocket if I had problems, which would be drilling a well. That of course assumes a well can be successfully drilled too.