If you’ve been looking at treating your hard water the first systems that you will see are water softeners. But as you read more into these devices you may have noticed that they aren’t the most environmentally friendly systems. Water softeners create a sodium backwash or brine solution which is released into the water ways during their regeneration process. This of course begs the question, are there more environmental friendly solutions to the issue and are there eco-friendly water softeners as an alternative?

If you’ve been looking into dealing with your hard water problems the first solutions, you will have seen and heard about are water softeners. Whilst these systems work well, they are not without their significant downsides.

A scale inhibitor is a device designed to reduce the amount of limescale formed in hard water areas. These devices are usually compact and designed to protect single pieces of equipment such as a boiler. But there appear to be many of these systems available. So how do you differentiate them and how do you know if they are effective? We’ll try to answer these questions as best we can in this article.

If you live in a hard water area you are no doubt used to the problems it causes. Hard crusty limescale on surfaces and fixtures, not to mention boilers and other expensive appliances dying long before they should. Many of us in hard water areas simply accept these nuisances as facts of life and continue about our days without giving the hard water menace any more thought.

In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at what to expect with your Halcyan installed in regard to the residue we mention on our website. In short the easy to clean residue on surfaces is the treated minerals being left behind when the water evaporates. So with the Halcyan and any conditioner you should expect to see this residue in areas such as your taps, showerheads and Shower Screens.

All you need to know about your hard water options: whether that be a water softener, water conditioner or a scale inhibitor.

It is important to start this article by making a correction. Technically there is no such thing as a salt free water softener in the UK or anywhere else for that matter. But don’t go running just yet, the term you’re looking for is water conditioner.

Are water softeners necessary? In this article we’ll take a look at why you might need a softener and what the alternative option is.

Two documents looking at cost of water conditioners and softeners compared to results and time, to help you in your research in choosing your system.

Watering plants with hard water can cause problems. We look at why hard water causes issues and how Halcyan can help in the garden.