Today we will discuss with our Santa Barbara homeowners the best practices for homes with a water softener. We recommend that every home has a Santa Barbara Water Softener, due to Santa Barbara’s hard water, which can be harmful to your pipes.

It is first important to find out which water your home is running in order to calculate the accurate amount of grains per gallon.

Groundwater: 19-24 grains/gallon

Surface water: 19-21 grains/gallon

Desalinated water: 1-2 grains/gallon

It is recommended to use potassium chloride pellets instead of sodium chloride since the sodium has its issues during wastewater treatment and is not good for irrigation.

Replace time clock controlled water softeners with a demand initiated regeneration water softener that only run water while in use.

Make sure your Santa Barbara water softener is efficient and not running at all times since this is how they are programmed to run once installed.