WHAT IS A WATER SOFTENER?
• Water softeners remove hardness forming minerals.
• Hard water is primarily a result of high levels of calcium and magnesium minerals.
• Natural forming minerals such as calcium and magnesium are a result of water coming into contact with rocks and minerals as the result of reaching the water table.
• Your geographical location impacts the level of hardness you will encounter
• Hard water forms a build up of scale within pipes whilst also being detrimental to heating elements, manufacturing and much more.
• Hard water impacts food and drinks, amount of chemicals required and causes serious damage to appliances overtime.
8%
Energy increase from 1mm scale formation
Free
from chemicals
Protect
expensive assets
Affordable
Minimal expense to maintain
What sectors?
• Suitable for anyone who requires soft water.
• We supply to a huge range of residential, industrial & commercial sectors.
How do softeners work?
• Water softeners work by a process called ‘ion exchange’.
• ‘Ion exchange’ is where calcium and magnesium ions are exchanged for sodium to produce soft water.
• Softeners hold onto the calcium and magnesium until the system is exhausted.
• Once exhausted the units undergo a regeneration where they the ions are displaced for a concentrated brine solution.
Why Siren Water Treatment?
• Years of experience sizing water softeners
• We offer supply, installation and commissioning.
• We provide reports upon completion stating exactly what has been done, your water quality along with results of before and after the softener.
• Part of what we do is educating companies and share our knowledge and expertise.
FAQs
Modern day water softeners consume minimal amounts of power.
We can arrange to dispose your old water softener; we’ll ensure that all components are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way.
Softener systems start at 0.4m3/hr and go upwards of 170m3/hr.
We can design a system to match your usage.
You have two options here, however, firstly I would recommend getting in touch with one of our technical advisors for tailored advice.
Option 1 – is to arrange for an engineer service where the valve will be stripped down and diagnosed. Our engineers carry key spares on their vans so common fixes will be resolved on the spot.
Option 2 – If the softener is of age, and the resin is likely to be damaged then a replacement system would be a potential option.
If you are unsure then feel free to get in touch.
If you are unsure of your water consumption then please get in touch with Siren Water and one of our technical advisors will be able to assist in ascertaining your usage.
This is through a process called a ‘Regeneration’. An ion exchange resin regeneration should occur once the resin is exhausted or near exhaustion. This process involves cleaning the resin by various stages and using a concentrated sodium chloride (salt) solution to displace the calcium and magnesium ions held by the resin.
This depends on the volume of water per hour you are looking to soften and whether you require 24/7 soft water.
