Since 2007 the City of Santa Clarita and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District has been providing up to $2,000 in rebates for the trade-in of salt using automatic water softeners. Santa Clarita was the first of only two cities at this time to ban automatic water softeners in March 2003. Since that time, Santa Clarita has continued to struggle with the level of salts (chlorides) in the wastewater. While automatic water softeners in the residential marketplace were an easy target to minimize the salt loading in the municipal waste water supplies it has not solved their problem, nor is it expected it ever will.
In the meantime with a ban on new automatic water softener installations and an order to remove existing automatic water softeners residents of the Santa Clarita Valley are left with fewer options in treating the raw and very hard water.
Available Options Include:
1. Portable exchange softeners. Very expensive on an ongoing basis for limited amount of softening capability. Available through limited sources.
2. Magnetic and electrical devices. These technologies are largely unproven.
3. Charcoal filtration. Effective at treating water for drinking purposes but not for removing total dissolved solids and specifically hardness minerals.
Hard Water Scale Inhibitors and removal technologies. These devices work to crystallize hardness minerals that then flush through to the waste stream without attaching to pipes, fixtures and all water exposes surfaces.
DuPure International has partnered with new homebuilders in other salinity impacted areas to offer a green alternative to traditional water treatment. DuPure International operates in full compliance with the Water Quality Association and is a member of the National Association of Home Builders. They are listed on the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts web site as an approved appliance for installation in the Santa Clarita Valley.
For information on EcoPur by DuPure International call 1-877-5filter or visit us on the web at www.dupureinternational.com.