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Residential & commercial water softening - reduced energy usage, extended fixture life, and more

Bellows Plumbing, Heating, & Air is the local expert in water softening and home water treatment. Our water softeners are one of the only code Water Quality Association compliant water softeners on the market. Click here for information on the Nugen Water Softener and what makes it the premeir water softener for Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, & Marin. Click here for commercial water softener information

Who has hard water?

Most counties within Northern California suffer from hard water. Anthing above 7 grains hardness is considered to be extrememly hard water. On average we find water hardness to be between 11 and 20 for Santa Cruz County, 8 - 15 for Santa Clara County, and 5 - 12 for Marin County. Pretty much every household could benefit from a water softener.

Why is my water hard?

Water naturally evaporates from oceans, lakes, and rivers to form clouds. Pure water then falls to the earth as rain, snow, and sleet cleaning the air, and picking up contaminants on the way down. This water, which falls back to the earth, becomes more aggressive. As moisture hits the earth and filters through layers of rock and dirt, it picks up minerals like calcium and magnesium which concentrate the hardness of the water.

Hardness can cause a variety of aesthetic challenges for homeowners. Hard water creates a mineral buildup on water-using appliances such as water heaters, dishwashers, and laundry machines. This mineral scale decreases efficiency and causes premature ware on the appliances. In addition, because hard water contains contaminants that interfere with cleaning, homeowners find themselves using more soap and chemicals to clean. To avoid these problems, homeowners often invest in a water softening unit to remove the hardness from the water.

Commercial Water Softening

Water softeners in commercial properties, hotels, restaurants, and condos, offer a variety of benefits. A commerical water softener can help:

1. Reduce the cost of heating water. For every five grains of hardness per gallon a water heater will lose 8% of it's efficiency

2. Extend the life of fixtures and water heaters. With the avergae cost of commerical water heaters running anywhere from $5000 to $12,000, extending the life of a water heater can mean signficant savings.

3. Reduce the usage of chemicals and soaps by as much at 70%.

4. Extend the life of fabrics, towels, linens, and more.

All commerical softening systems are custom built. In order to customize your water softener we need to following information:

1. Pipe size
2. Project description
3. Location or water hardness
4. Demand requirements: Flow rate peak (if known), fFlow rate continuous (if known), number of fixtures to be supplied, number of bathrooms, kitchens, and laundry facilities
5. System to be installed on: Hot water only or cold and hot water
6. Any additional information you can supply
   

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