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Originally Posted by Kamper
"...I know many folks in Florida who added softeners to their existing homes..."
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Mother Nature supplies the Florida lake I'm on by rainwater only, so the water is incredibly soft. I opted out of a water softener in Florida, and draw directly from the lake for all non-potable uses,
distilling the water with which we actually cook and drink.
Local wells in central Florida can contain the carcinogen EDB near orange groves where the herbicide's use has leached into shallow Florida wells. (Not a problem with Florida's deep 900'+ wells—or in New Hampshire
that I know of) .
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Originally Posted by jeffk
"...Water softeners remove calcium and magnesium from water and replace it with sodium (salt). It is the calcium and magnesium presence that defines "hard" water. This process is typically called water 'softening'..."
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Lakeside communities—even on large lakes like Lake Michigan—are finding that water softener salt is intruding into lake water quality.
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"…because communities that now use well water would no longer need to use water softeners filled with bags of salt.
"Many communities use water from deep wells, and it is hard water, meaning it contains minerals that can clog plumbing and make drinking water distasteful.
"Softening with salt reduces those immediate problems but transmits dissolved salt or chloride…'The whole idea behind that is that softeners would be abandoned,' Fratrick said..."
http://www2.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=805452
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