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Many people have water softeners or are considering a water softener but are not sure how they work. The following is the basic process a water softener goes through to soften your water.
Water softeners have
two tanks, one that is smaller diameter and is sealed with a control valve at the top, which is called the
media tank. The other tank (that looks like a garbage can) has a lid that you open that holds the salt, which is called the
brine tank.
Sometimes the smaller tank is actually inside the larger tank.
All of the water in the house runs through a bed of small plastic beads that look like Honey Comb cereal but are a lot smaller. These beads fill most of the media tank. As the water is passing over these beads the hardness (the calcium and magnesium)
sticks to the beads and is
removed from your water.