Water softener salt is used to improve water quality by removing the ions from water softening units that make water hard. Coarse grain salt is used to form a brine that is flushed through the unit with the sodium ions in the solution displacing the calcium and magnesium that has built up.
HOW DOES A WATER SOFTENER WORK "How does a water softener work?" is a common question. Hard water is water that has a high mineral content, typically calcium or magnesium. When it enters your home from your water source, it can leave deposits or “scale” on plumbing fixtures, appliances and other everyday objects. It can clog pipes and reduce the efficiency of appliances. It affects your everyday life –from cooking to cleaning to doing laundry. A water softener has a resin tank containing thousands of tiny resin beads that hold electrically charged ions. When freshly regenerated, the beads become full of sodium ions from the water softener salt. As hard water passes through the water softener system, the calcium and magnesium ions are attracted to the resin beads. There, sodium ions are exchanged for the hard water ions. The softener system then delivers soft water for your use.
