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Watering with soft water
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not to mention is very expensive to use soft water. � What do you call "very expensive"? A 40 pound bag of salt will typically produce about 6,000 gallons of softened water... a 40 pound bag of salt costs about $4.50. Actually that same $4.50 worth of salt can save the average household about $45 worth of cleaning products each month... not to mention the time and effort of cleaning, and will save more than 6,000 gallons of water each month (mostly hot water) because softened water is just that much more efficient at cleaning. Softened water is kind to your plumbing too, will save untold thousands in plumbing bills over the life of the water softener (about 20 years). If one lives in a hard water locale *not* having a water softener is VERY expensive. |
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Watering with soft water
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, Sheldon wrote: wrote: not to mention is very expensive to use soft water. ? What do you call "very expensive"? A 40 pound bag of salt will typically produce about 6,000 gallons of softened water... a 40 pound bag of salt costs about $4.50. Actually that same $4.50 worth of salt can save the average household about $45 worth of cleaning products each month... not to mention the time and effort of cleaning, and will save more than 6,000 gallons of water each month (mostly hot water) because softened water is just that much more efficient at cleaning. Softened water is kind to your plumbing too, will save untold thousands in plumbing bills over the life of the water softener (about 20 years). If one lives in a hard water locale *not* having a water softener is VERY expensive. This was about gardening Shelly, not plumbing. Toxification of the landscape and all that. St. Molly used to say, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. -- Billy Impeach Pelosi Bush & Cheney to the Hague http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml |
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Watering with soft water
there is a lot of water needed to backwash the resin (if paying for the water) plus
the electricity. then there are the iron prefilters to replace. on my mothers house the water is very hard and she used a service, rented the equipment, somebody carried the bags down into the basement and filled the softener. $45 every 3 months. She had extensive gardens and I can see that it could have doubled the price if she didnt have well water for the gardens. this doesnt even include the price she paid for city water which I am not even sure how much that costs cause the renters pay for that now. We dont have a softener. During 3 months we use about 12-15 ccf in winter, about 30 or more ccf in summer. 30.0 ccf = $164.89. Remember that sewage fees are based on USAGE it doesnt matter if that water for the garden doesnt go down the drain. Well water costs nothing but the electricity to pump it and the pump replaced every 25 years or so. Ingrid On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:09:52 -0800, Billy wrote: In article , Sheldon wrote: wrote: not to mention is very expensive to use soft water. ? What do you call "very expensive"? A 40 pound bag of salt will typically produce about 6,000 gallons of softened water... a 40 pound bag of salt costs about $4.50. Actually that same $4.50 worth of salt can save the average household about $45 worth of cleaning products each month... not to mention the time and effort of cleaning, and will save more than 6,000 gallons of water each month (mostly hot water) because softened water is just that much more efficient at cleaning. Softened water is kind to your plumbing too, will save untold thousands in plumbing bills over the life of the water softener (about 20 years). If one lives in a hard water locale *not* having a water softener is VERY expensive. This was about gardening Shelly, not plumbing. Toxification of the landscape and all that. St. Molly used to say, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. |
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Watering with soft water
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:25:36 -0800, Billy
wrote: In article , wrote: there is a lot of water needed to backwash the resin (if paying for the water) plus the electricity. then there are the iron prefilters to replace. on my mothers house the water is very hard and she used a service, rented the equipment, somebody carried the bags down into the basement and filled the softener. $45 every 3 months. She had extensive gardens and I can see that it could have doubled the price if she didnt have well water for the gardens. this doesnt even include the price she paid for city water which I am not even sure how much that costs cause the renters pay for that now. We dont have a softener. During 3 months we use about 12-15 ccf in winter, about 30 or more ccf in summer. 30.0 ccf = $164.89. Remember that sewage fees are based on USAGE it doesnt matter if that water for the garden doesnt go down the drain. Well water costs nothing but the electricity to pump it and the pump replaced every 25 years or so. Ingrid On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:09:52 -0800, Billy wrote: In article , Sheldon wrote: wrote: not to mention is very expensive to use soft water. ? What do you call "very expensive"? A 40 pound bag of salt will typically produce about 6,000 gallons of softened water... a 40 pound bag of salt costs about $4.50. Actually that same $4.50 worth of salt can save the average household about $45 worth of cleaning products each month... not to mention the time and effort of cleaning, and will save more than 6,000 gallons of water each month (mostly hot water) because softened water is just that much more efficient at cleaning. Softened water is kind to your plumbing too, will save untold thousands in plumbing bills over the life of the water softener (about 20 years). If one lives in a hard water locale *not* having a water softener is VERY expensive. This was about gardening Shelly, not plumbing. Toxification of the landscape and all that. St. Molly used to say, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Soft water is good for the bathtub/shower, laundry, and the dishwasher. For drinking, hard water is probably better (mineral water). I think it depends on how hard it is and what else is in it. Out city water tastes bad to me, it is very hard. It's no doubt better on a health basis, except when it is so offensive that I don't drink it. I use an RO filter for drinking water. |
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Watering with soft water
wrote in message news:47ccc853$0$1345 Remember that sewage fees are based on USAGE it doesnt matter if that water for the garden doesnt go down the drain. Well water costs nothing but the electricity to pump it and the pump replaced every 25 years or so. Where I live, the sewage fees are based on your winter (low) usage, so you don't get charged for summer watering. |
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