What is a Water Softener?
The water softener is just a special type of "filter" that removes the calcium and magnesium in hard water by using plastic beads and cleans itself periodically by a process called “regeneration.”
Water softeners have three main components: A mineral tank, brine tank and control valve. Smaller capacity models combine the mineral tank and brine tanks into one cabinet, but the two tanks are still separated within the cabinet.
Larger flow capacity systems have separate stand alone mineral and brine tanks.
Mineral Tank:
Brine Tank:
Control Valve:
