Hard Water

According to the United States Geological Survey, 89.3% of the United States is affected by hard water. There is no doubt that water hardness is a nuisance. Its presence costs industry and consumers billions of dollars annually in cleaning expenses and maintenance. The labor and chemicals required to solve hard water problems and then the eventual replacement costs of equipment is astronomical. Virtually any equipment you have that comes in contact with hard water is costing you money. Water heaters, dishwashers, sinks, toilets, shower heads, aerators, steam tables & ovens, ice machines, swimming pools and laundry equipment, towels, bed sheets, etc. are all affected by hard water. Water taste is bad; the home or building’s pipe system will need replacement. In industrial applications, expenses in maintaining a cooling tower, boiler or chiller are often your costliest equipment to maintain – all because of hard water.

Operation managers are under increasing pressure to cut the costs and become more efficient. This, however must be carried out with due regard to increasing environmental legislation.  The U.S. Department of Energy reports that just a ¼” of scale deposits will increase your energy bill by 40%. The primary energy savings result from a decrease in energy consumption in heating and cooling applications. Scale reduces the thermal efficiency of heating systems by increasing the time it takes to achieve the required temperature. These savings are associated with the removal of scale formation.

Science

The ScaleBlaster Science

ScaleBlaster is a compact, state-of-the art, computerized system that is installed on the incoming waterline of the house or building.

This innovative product produces an oscillating electronic field using a unique and complex modulating frequency wave form that changes the physical shape, size and charge of the calcium molecules and causes them to lose their adhesive properties.

Lime scale will no longer form in the pipes or on equipment that comes in contact with hard water. This results in the lowering of the saturation level of hard water, so that new lime scale is prevented and any existing scale is removed. The surface tension of the water is lessened, which will increase the solubility of the water, making it a better solvent.

Water will feel softer and ‘wetter’, and less detergents will be required.

Water softeners are a maintenance nightmare, discharge chlorides into our water stream, waste tons of water, require heavy bags of salt on a regular basis. They are not good for the environment, like ScaleBlaster is.

Comparisons

Until now, the most dependable way to solve your hard water problems was with either a salt-based water softener or by using some good old-fashioned elbows and chemicals.

Water Softener Facts

All water softeners use the same operating principle: They exchange calcium and magnesium ions with twice as much sodium ions. The process is called ion exchange and can be labeled as “ancient” or outdated technology. They are very expensive to purchase and maintain; require a lot of salt to operate. They also require a lot of extra water to regenerate. Water softeners pollute our precious environment and can be harmful to people on salt restricted diets. Water resources are sources of water that are useful to humans. We require fresh water, but only 2.5% of the Earth’s water is fresh, and over 2/3 of that is frozen in glaciers and ice caps. The use of water softeners contributes to a decrease in the available fresh water on our planet.

“Going Green”

Preserving our precious freshwater supply

Q. How much freshwater is left on Earth
A. 2.59%.

Of this 2.59%, about 2% is trapped in ice caps and glaciers, leaving only about 0.592% of the world’s entire water supply as available freshwater. That is not very much, is it?

Now, imagine taking a 40-pound bag of salt and dumping it into the nearest lake, river or aquifer.

That is exactly what you are doing several times a year – when you use a salt-based water softener. Not too good for the environment, is it?

That salt discharged by softeners is not removed by wastewater treatment facilities, and just simply recycles right back into our water stream.

Another major problem is that the discharging of the saltwater from a water softener is done in the middle of the night, when little water usage is taking place, causing high concentrations of salinity draining into our freshwater supply at once.

This causes far more damage to our environement as high concentrations of brine is going into our precious freshwater.

No More Bags of SaltWith ScaleBlaster you won’t ever need another bag of salt. No maintenance, ever! No filters to change.Conserve Water UsageThe average water softener will waste over 6,000 gallons a year of water just to operate. ScaleBlaster will require no additional water to operate, nor require any maintenance or filter changes.Conserve Energy UsageScaleBlaster will remove lime scale buildup in your water heater and heating elements such as your dishwasher and cloths washer, making heat transfer to be more efficient. A recent New Mexico State University study concluded that lime scale buildup will increase your energy consumption by as much as 29% in gas water heaters and 21% in electric water heaters. Heating water is a major cause of high power bills.