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Q: What should I do if my unit uses too much salt?
A: Check the level of salt in your salt storage. You might
have excess water in your brine tank because of clogged
drain line. Make sure the drain line is kept clean.
Q: I am experiencing loss of water pressure—what can
be done?
A: The line from the water source to the softener may
have iron build-up; clean this line. If this does not solve
the problem, then contact your local AQUATHIN Dealer
to clean the main control valve and to add resin cleaner to
the resin bed.
Q: I am losing resin through the drain line—what is caus-
ing this?
A: This may be caused if there is air in the water system.
Make sure that your water well has proper air elimination
control and check for dry well condition.
Q: Will drinking softened water raise my blood pressure?
A: Water softeners treat "working water" i.e. water used
for bathing, dishwashers, laundry, cooling towers
etc. Softened water requires less detergent and extends
the efficiency and life of appliances. Cation resin based
water softeners remove Calcium and Magnesium (known
as "hardness") in a chemical substitution reaction
whereby the calcium and magnesium are replaced with
equal amounts of sodium. The more hardness in one's
water, the more sodium imparted. As of the publishing
of this manual, studies are incomplete concerning the
correlation of consuming softened water and blood pres-
sure. However, water softeners do not remove heavy
metals (but will remove strontium, radium & up to 2 ppm
lead), salts, nitrates, organics i.e. pesticides, fertilizers,
drugs (refer to Aquathin Forum Q & A for drugs found in
drinking water), and disease causing waterborne microor-
ganisms.
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