One of the things we do ...
Published by Tim Shrum, Pump Department Manager at Diamond Well Drilling Inc.
One of the things we do here, because we have a salt belt here. We use softening media.
We do not put any salt in the brine tank and the softener removes the salt. We have successfully used this on wells that have over 1,000 ppm salt. It is a very simple solution to a complex problem. R/O removes everything and is very expensive to purchase and operate.
Not a good way to treat water, no minerals left in water at all. This makes the water very aggressive if you don't add minerals to it.
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Dear, Dear Contributors,
Water softeners = Ion Exchangers are simply for exchange of ions. You will be exchanging a calcium, strontium, ... for a sodium ion. Then water will not be "hard water" rather it will be "soft water" as sodium salts do not deposit like calcium salts. In water softeners or ion exchangers there is no reduction in the amount of Total Dissolved Salts (TDS), as you have exchanged one ion for another one.
Published by Maher Louis, PE, PEng., Senior Process Engineer at Clairmonte Processes
Tim Shrum
Published by Solmaz Adamaref, Research Scientist at BioLargo
Thank you Tim. May I ask what kind of softener do you use? I have the same problem! I just need to remove 50% of salt from water and RO is expensive for our case.
Published by Solmaz Adamaref, Research Scientist at BioLargo
Many thanks Tim for your explanation, and if you can send us details of softening media:
- Way of works,
- Capacity of system per day (e.g. we have 2,000 individuals),
- Operation and maintenance required, and
- Cost estimate.
- Compare with RTE method.
Published by Mohammed Muzahem, Mzahem