Check for salt problems in the brine tank. Start by pushing a broom handle down into the salt to break up water softener salt ...

Neglecting to soften your water with salt often enough can cause serious damage to your home because the minerals can build ...

Before considering a water softener for your home, be aware that softened water contains trace amounts of salt. An 8-ounce glass of softened water has about the same amount of salt as a single ...

Home water softeners are sending a significant amount of salt into Minnesota’s lakes, streams and groundwater, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota. About 50 of the state ...

Salt for a water softener can either be granular, tablet or in block form. There are also different grades of salt: rock, solar and evaporated. How to Clean a Water Softener.

An October test of groundwater near a salt pile run by Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Convey It in Franklin in Warren County detected salt concentrations 104 times higher than the federal guideline.

The current shortage of water softening salt is mostly due to an ongoing strike by 250 workers at Windsor Salt, in Windsor, Ont., that has now reached the five-month mark.

A private dispute over high sodium levels in a Caernarvon Township resident's well spilled over into a public forum on Monday.

There are two options for water softeners – salt and saltless. Salt-based water softener If hard water levels are considerably high (11-15 gpg), a salt-based water softener works well.

At Mayer Hardware on Winton Road in North Winton Village in the city, they are so hard up for rock salt that they’ve had to resort to water-softening salt. Berkeley Brean, News10NBC: “Does ...