Plant question
 

wrote:
amazing. it is the chloride ions that make salt "salty". in softening, it is the
sodium ions that are left behind. the chloride ions combine with the calcium and
magnesium to make an insoluble compound that is flushed out. Ingrid

"Nedra" wrote:

Ingrid, I don't have a water softener. But, I can taste the
salt in other folks water softeners.



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I vot e with Nedra on this one




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad
judgement

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Plant question
 

Thank You, John! I can't explain my reaction *scientifically*
to water softeners. I just know that once I taste the water I ask
if they have a water softener... not once have I been wrong.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"John Rutz" wrote in message
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wrote:
amazing. it is the chloride ions that make salt "salty". in softening,
it is the
sodium ions that are left behind. the chloride ions combine with the
calcium and
magnesium to make an insoluble compound that is flushed out. Ingrid

"Nedra" wrote:

Ingrid, I don't have a water softener. But, I can taste the
salt in other folks water softeners.



--
I vot e with Nedra on this one




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad
judgement

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com