This is WATER TREATMENT 101. Hard water has calcium and magnesium ions in it. To get them out you have to use a water softener which has a mineral bed in it. The beads in the mineral bed have sodium ions. As the water flows through it there is an ion exchange. The calcium and magnesium ions from the water stick to the beads and the sodium ions are released into the water. Sodium ions are not salt as we know it but that's another chemistry lesson. Depending on how much water was used and how hard the water is the softener must be recharged with salt to replace the sodium ions so it can do its ion exchange again. During this regeneration the salt is washed down the drain. There are no ill effects caused by drinking softened water but it doesn't taste very good and if the water was very hard the softened water will be laxative. A good system has to be sized according to the hardness of the water in grains per gallon and how much water you use. If the water is salty you need to rinse longer while regenerating. Iron in water is dissolved iron and needs to be removed by oxidizing it. This can be done by injecting chlorine with a chemical feeder and then filtering out the oxidized iron (rust which makes everything brown)with a sand filter.
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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