9. Thinking of Having Softened Drinking Water in Your Home?
You’ll be in great company.
Since we purchased Hydroworks in 2016, we have recommended softened drinking water to all our customers — giving them clear, honest information so they can make the best decision for themselves.
Of the thousands of installations we’ve completed, a very high majority of customers have chosen to enjoy softened-filtered drinking water — in fact of over 3,200 new installations and changeovers, only 12 customers later decided to fit a separate hard water tap!
How Many People Drink Softened Water?
Millions!
Water softeners have been around for a long time.
During the 1920s and 1930s, they started being sold to homeowners, hotels, and businesses — often to improve the taste of drinking water.
In the USA, there’s no myth around drinking softened water — over one million people a year have a water softener installed in their homes.
Today, there are millions of water softeners in everyday use across America for drinking water purposes. In some parts of the US, almost everyone needs a softener because of naturally hard groundwater. In many other areas, people choose to install one for comfort reasons — to help with dry skin, to reduce scale, or simply to keep homes and appliances looking like new.
The same is true here in the UK — more and more people are choosing water softeners for both practical benefits and everyday enjoyment.
A Quick Interesting Fact:
Here’s a little statistic from the World Health Organisation’s Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality (Page 243):
"The taste threshold for the calcium ion is in the range of 100–300 mg/l, depending on the associated anion, and the taste threshold for magnesium is probably lower than that for calcium. In some instances, consumers tolerate water hardness in excess of 500 mg/l."
In short:
Many people around the world have been happily drinking both hard and softened water for generations.
Health and Safety Record:
To the best knowledge of the UK water softening industry — and in agreement with USA findings — there has never, in over 98 years of history, been a single health-related problem reported that was associated with drinking softened water.
Thinking About Having Softened Drinking Water in Your Home?
You’ll be in great company.
Since we purchased Hydroworks in 2016, we have recommended softened drinking water to all our customers — giving them clear, honest information so they can make the best decision for themselves.
Of the thousands of installations we’ve completed, a very high majority of customers have chosen to enjoy softened-filtered drinking water — in fact of over 3,200 new installations and changeovers, only 12 customers later decided to fit a separate hard water tap!
How Do We Do Installations at Hydroworks?
When we install softened-filtered drinking water, rather than a customer purchasing a 3-way tap or having a hard water tap, the majority of customers have chosen to opt instead to go straight for an inline filter. We have sourced a high-quality carbon – we are assured the same quality as used in the Brita filter – and this doesn’t leave an unpleasant aftertaste.
We connect the filter (circled yellow in photo) straight onto the mains cold water feed to the kitchen sink tap, and in most cases, this filter easily lasts over 12 months, giving a refreshing drinking water filter.
If you’re already drinking water with a Brita jug, then the great news is that once the initial ‘new softener’ taste has settled, the water will be very similar to the quality and taste you get from the Brita MaxtraPro filter.
Brita Water Filters and Softened Water
Ever wondered why tea made with Brita-filtered water tastes so good?
It’s because Brita’s top-selling MaxtraPro cartridges contain ion exchange pearls — essentially a version of the water softening resin we use in softened-filtered drinking water!
Softened, filtered drinking water is safe, healthy, and 'wholesome' — as recognised by the World Health Organisation.
