What's In Our Water?
What's In Our Water? |
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| Our water in the Tucson valley has it's problems, but overall it's not bad water compared to some parts of the country. We're fortunate to not have sulfur problems that create a rotten egg smell. It's very rare to find iron staining in this area. Our water is usually pretty clear and clean-looking. | |
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Our water problems aren't as obvious as the sulfur smell or iron stains. Our biggest problem is calcium carbonates and bicarbonates; water hardness. These minerals can't be seen when they're in the water but unfortunately, they don't stay dissolved in water. They like to come out of the water and stick to things. You see it on your fixtures, your shower doors, your coffee pot, and in your ice cubes. Where you don't see it is on your skin, but it's there, causing dry skin problems for many Tucsonans. |
| Removing hardness minerals, or softening water, isn't as complicated as you may think it is. There are no chemicals used and no salt is added to your water. The ion-exchange process, used in all "real" water softeners, is a simple, natural process. The calcium that is causing the problems in your home, is removed and replaced with either sodium or potassium ions. These are all natural minerals found in the earth and our bodies. We are simply exchanging the "hard" minerals for "soft" minerals. |
| Culligan water softeners keep this simple process simple. Many softeners today are using computers to control the softening process. Culligan softeners have used a simple non-electric design for 30 years. They are as simple and trouble-free as the water meter that measures the water coming into your home. |
What About The Tastes And Odors? |
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Water hardness is responsible for most of our water problems, but it doesn't make the water taste bad. Chlorine does. Unless you have your own private well, you probably have chlorine in your water. All of the water utilities in this area are required to add chlorine to their water. It's there for a very good reason. Without chlorine in the water distribution systems we would probably have more severe problems with living organisms in our water. It does a good job of killing bacteria, cysts, viruses, etc., but it leaves a bad taste in the water and can ruin coffee, tea and juices. |
| Using chemicals like chlorine or chloramine to disinfect our municipal water supply makes sense, but drinking water with chlorine in it does not. Why not remove it in your home? It's easy to do and inexpensive. Chlorine is easily removed with filters or a reverse osmosis system. |
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| Call Culligan today to see how we can improve the water throughout your home or business. |