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Soft water is neither healthy nor desirable for drinking! If you were a steam iron or a washing machine it would be great, but we are neither! There are good reasons you should not be drinking soft water!

Water is a universal solvent. Most materials, especially metals, are partially soluble in water. If that water is heated or softened it becomes much more aggressive at leaching metals from water lines. Lead in soldered joints and copper in pipe are particularly vulnerable and these are two of the heavy metals which shouldn't be present in significant amounts in your drinking water.

WATER HARDNESS
Calcium and magnesium are two minerals which make water "hard." Both of these minerals are classed as "contaminants," but that's a poor choice in terminology, for calcium is essential in our diet! A softener merely exchanges one group of non-toxic elements for another group of non-toxic elements. Water hardness is measured either in grains per gallon (GPG) or as calcium hardness in milligrams per liter (mg/l) or parts per million (ppm). GPG is based on calcium hardness. To convert from calcium hardness ppm, just divide by a factor of 17.2 and this gives you hardness in GPG. A soft or slightly hard water has up to 3.5 GPG; moderately hard water runs from 3.5 to 10.5 GPG; and very hard water is greater than 10.5 GPG. If your water is over 7 GPG, you might want to consider a softener just for the laundry.

Metro water is on the low side of moderately hard at 4.1 GPG (that is 70 mg/l of calcium hardness. This is an excellent value and highly desirable! Cities which have soft water are having difficulty meeting the new lead standards in tap water. Metro has had none of these difficulties in meeting the new standards!

SOFT WATER
A soft water is aggressive at leaching metals (like lead) from your lines and faucets. Most faucets are solid brass (with a relatively high lead content) and are chrome plated. This means that if you have soft water, there is a great chance that your initial drawing of cold water will have a higher lead content than normal. Hot or warm water from the tap should never be used for cooking, shortcuts, drinking water, beverages, or infant formula as it could be higher in heavy metals like lead!

WATER SOFTENERS
Besides making the water more corrosive and aggressive at leaching metals from your lines and fixtures, the zeolite beads from water softening systems may back-siphon into your toilet tanks, and the soft water may attack vital plumbing parts. While supposedly solving one set of problems, the softener could possibly introduce other problems which you may or may not be aware of! A water softener, besides leaching lead and other metals from your plumbing, can increase your sodium intake. In a water softening device hard water flows through synthetic resin beads. Sodium ions (salt) are loosely attached to each bead and the water exchanges hardness ions (calcium and magnesium) for the soft sodium ions. These devices can also be costly to run since they can waste up to 120 gallons for every 1,000 delivered.

A water softener is not designed (nor is it effective) to remove lead and other metals, chlorine, taste/odor compounds, nor chlorine by-products. Its purpose is only to make a hard water soft. Water treated to remove chlorine may encourage the formation of black rings in toilet bowls!

IN CONCLUSION...
Soft water is great for laundry, bathing, steam irons, and auto batteries, but definitely not for anything else. If you are contemplating installing a softener, there are serious questions you should ask: who will test the effectiveness of the softener, how often will these tests be run, and how will my drinking water quality be affected?

Metro Water Services does not test any home water treatment device, including softeners, and does not recommend the use of particular devices!

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Soft water là không lành mạnh, cũng không mong muốn để uống! Nếu bạn là một sắt hơi nước hoặc một máy giặt nó sẽ là tuyệt vời, nhưng chúng tôi là không! Có những lý do bạn nên không uống nước ngọt nước! Nước là một dung môi phổ quát. Hầu hết các tài liệu, đặc biệt là kim loại, là một phần hòa tan trong nước. Nếu nước đó nóng hoặc làm mềm nó trở nên nhiều hơn nữa tích cực tại lọc quặng kim loại từ nước đường. Dẫn trong Hàn khớp và đồng trong ống đặc biệt dễ bị tổn thương và đây là hai trong số các kim loại nặng không nên có mặt trong các số tiền đáng kể trong nước uống của bạn. NƯỚC CỨNGCanxi và magiê là hai khoáng vật mà làm cho nước "khó khăn". Cả hai của các khoáng chất được phân loại như là "chất gây ô nhiễm", nhưng đó là một sự lựa chọn nghèo trong thuật ngữ, canxi là rất cần thiết trong chế độ ăn uống của chúng tôi! Một máy lọc chỉ đơn thuần là trao đổi một nhóm các yếu tố không độc hại cho một nhóm các yếu tố không độc hại. Độ cứng nước được đo trong ngũ cốc cho mỗi gallon (GPG) hoặc như canxi độ cứng trong mg / lít (mg/l) hoặc phần mỗi triệu (ppm). GPG dựa vào độ cứng canxi. Để chuyển đổi từ canxi độ cứng ppm, chỉ phân chia bởi một nhân tố của 17.2 và điều này sẽ cho bạn độ cứng trong GPG. Một nước mềm hoặc hơi khó có tới 3,5 GPG; nước cứng vừa phải chạy từ 3.5 đến 10,5 GPG; và nước rất cứng lớn hơn 10.5 GPG. Nếu nước của bạn là hơn 7 GPG, bạn có thể muốn xem xét một máy lọc chỉ dành cho các việc Giặt ủi. Metro water is on the low side of moderately hard at 4.1 GPG (that is 70 mg/l of calcium hardness. This is an excellent value and highly desirable! Cities which have soft water are having difficulty meeting the new lead standards in tap water. Metro has had none of these difficulties in meeting the new standards! SOFT WATERA soft water is aggressive at leaching metals (like lead) from your lines and faucets. Most faucets are solid brass (with a relatively high lead content) and are chrome plated. This means that if you have soft water, there is a great chance that your initial drawing of cold water will have a higher lead content than normal. Hot or warm water from the tap should never be used for cooking, shortcuts, drinking water, beverages, or infant formula as it could be higher in heavy metals like lead! WATER SOFTENERSBesides making the water more corrosive and aggressive at leaching metals from your lines and fixtures, the zeolite beads from water softening systems may back-siphon into your toilet tanks, and the soft water may attack vital plumbing parts. While supposedly solving one set of problems, the softener could possibly introduce other problems which you may or may not be aware of! A water softener, besides leaching lead and other metals from your plumbing, can increase your sodium intake. In a water softening device hard water flows through synthetic resin beads. Sodium ions (salt) are loosely attached to each bead and the water exchanges hardness ions (calcium and magnesium) for the soft sodium ions. These devices can also be costly to run since they can waste up to 120 gallons for every 1,000 delivered. A water softener is not designed (nor is it effective) to remove lead and other metals, chlorine, taste/odor compounds, nor chlorine by-products. Its purpose is only to make a hard water soft. Water treated to remove chlorine may encourage the formation of black rings in toilet bowls! IN CONCLUSION...Soft water is great for laundry, bathing, steam irons, and auto batteries, but definitely not for anything else. If you are contemplating installing a softener, there are serious questions you should ask: who will test the effectiveness of the softener, how often will these tests be run, and how will my drinking water quality be affected? Metro Water Services does not test any home water treatment device, including softeners, and does not recommend the use of particular devices!