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   Don | Jan 31, 2009 07:39pm | #1

   e have a treatment system that uses a superchlorinator. Shocks all water w/ a really high dose of chlorine from calcium hypochlorite. Runs it into an 80 gal holding tank. Comes out of the holding tank & runs through a chlorine absorber using activated charcoal. Charcoal gets replaced once a yr. Just about any hard water metal has a non soluble chloride salt. Those precipitate out in the holding tank & are drained off about every other night at 0200. Works like a champ. Our water is a) devoid of all bacteria, courtesy of the chlorine & 2) practically clean of all minerals. It is so devoid of trace minerals that we have to add fertilizer to water our orchids. Had it tested in a commercial lab.

   Not cheap - but it does what we want & need. Water was so rusty originally that it was undrinkable. Grew a red bacteria just sitting in a glass for a few minutes, due to bacteria exposure to air & the high iron content.

   Don

   Don Reinhard
   The Glass Masterworks
   "If it scratches, I etch it!"
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   woodway | Jan 31, 2009 09:09pm | #2

   Most of the time, hard water is simply water that contains a high level of Calcium in solution. Any chemical that adds more calcium (ie, calcium hypochlorite) will not solve your hard water problem. I looked at the Easy Water web site and at first glance, the only thing "Easy" about that system is it's ability to separate your money from your wallet/purse.

   Think logically here! If you could attach anything to the outside of your pipe to treat water passing through the pipe, wouldn't you think there would have to be some buildup of whatever inside the pipe at the point of attachment??? If this system did separate the calcium from your water, why wouldn't the calcium deposit at inside the pipe and eventually clog the pipe? Don't be fooled, any magnet or Easy Water #### attached to the outside of the pipe isn't going to do anything but make the purchaser look foolish and slightly less wealthy. Don't be the fool!!!

   At least you were wise enough to post your question here before you buying into this scam. Save your money and use it to get the old salt-ion exchange systems or a reverse osmosis treatment, point of use, device to remove calcium.