The installation of automatic water softeners—the kind that use rock salt or potassium chloride pellets—has been banned in the Santa Clarita Valley since 2003. Automatic water softeners discharge a salty waste into the sewer system that is treated by a process that does not remove salt and is released into the Santa Clara River. According to the Los Angeles County Sanitation District too much salt in the river may potentially harm downstream agricultural crops.
The Santa Clara River Chloride Reduction Ordinance of 2008 requires the removal of all residential automatic water softeners by June 30, 2009. The Los Angeles County Sanitation District Website identifies what alternative choices are available that do not negatively impact the Sanitation Department treatment plants operation. The Website address is: www.lacsd.org
On the website there is a list of companies that offer alternatives to the traditional option of owning an automatic water softener. This is the approved list that has been developed by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District of systems that are not subject to the removal ordinance.
Included are different modalities of treatment including carbon filtration; phosphate feeders with carbon filtration; magnetic devices and electrical devices. Also included are hard water scale inhibitors and removal systems. Most systems include multiple treatment filters in order to effectively treat the difficult overall quality of the raw water entering the Valley.
EcoPur by Dupure International is effective at removing existing hard water scale and inhibiting its future development. While it is not softened water in the traditional sense, it does very effectively deal with the hard water scale damage that is prevalent throughout the Valley. The inclusion of two additional carbon filtration functions assures a spring bottle water delivery from every faucet in your home.
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