Water Softeners

Advanced systems that combat hard water by removing minerals like calcium and magnesium, extending appliance lifespan and improving water quality.

SOFTENERMAX

The Softener Max System has been specially designed to last 5 times longer than big box store models. Further, unlike big box stores, Spring Rain is on call 24/7/365 to service our systems. Tailored to the water quality in the Phoenix, Arizona this system will handle the hardest of water.

Features:

Long Term Savings • Uses a clack metered valve which tracks water usage. The system then only regenerates based on your water consumption, helping to save salt and reduce costs.

Long Lasting • The system is built with a 14% macro porous resin that enables your water softener to resist the negative affects of the chlorine and chloramine found in the municipal water supply.

Water Conservation • Uses a Vortech structural tank to reduce backwash volume, saving water use.

Dependable • Includes a battery backup in the event of a power failure.

This system also features a brine grid, a built-in bypass, and your choice of brine tank size.

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SOFTENERMAX+

The Softener Max+ includes all of the features of the Softener Max with one very valuable addition. The Vortech tank is upgraded to the Vortech Mid Plate tank for advanced filtration, detailed below.

Features:

Long Term Savings • Uses a clack metered valve which tracks water usage. The system then only regenerates based on your water consumption, helping to save salt and reduce costs.

Long Lasting • The system is built with a 14% macro porous resin that enables your water softener to resist the negative affects of the chlorine and chloramine found in the municipal water supply.

Water Conservation • Uses a Vortech Mid Plate tank to reduce backwash volume, saving water use.

Advanced Filtration • An addition to the Softener Max system, the Vortech Mid Plate tank constains two distinct chambers. The upper chamber is filled with catalytic carbon to remove chlorine, chloramine, heavy metals and over 80 chemicals and pharmaceuticals that may be in the municipal water supply.

Dependable • Includes a battery backup in the event of a power failure.

This system also features a brine grid, a built-in bypass, and your choice of brine tank size.

SOFTENERMAX & FILTERMAX

Features:

Long Term Savings • Uses a clack metered valve which tracks water usage. The system then only regenerates based on your water consumption, helping to save salt and reduce costs.

Long Lasting • The system is built with a 14% macro porous resin that enables your water softener to resist the negative affects of the chlorine and chloramine found in the municipal water supply.

Water Conservation • Uses a Vortech Mid Plate tank to reduce backwash volume, saving water use.

Maximum Filtration • A full 1.0 cu/ft Filtermax tank contains catalytic carbon to remove chlorine, chloramine, heavy metals and over 80 chemicals and pharmaceuticals that may be in the municipal water supply.

Dependable • Includes a battery backup in the event of a power failure.

This system also features a brine grid, a built-in bypass, and your choice of brine tank size.

The Ideal Water Treatment Solution for Arizona Residents

Almost all homeowners in Arizona are faced with the same water challenges. In other parts of the world, water quality can be vastly different from one neighborhood to the next. Here in Arizona, we face a consistent set of challenges.

Thats why our team at Spring Rain has put together the best system for Arizona residents who desire clean, soft, filtered water. Unlike big box stores, you know that the system you’re getting is the right one for the job, and that you have a team of professionals available to service your unit. In fact, our systems last 5 times longer than those from the big box stores.

Water softeners serve a vital purpose. They save you from having to prematurely replace ruined water heaters, scaly faucet heads, and time cleaning up soapy residue. Investing in a water softener saves time, energy, money, and protects your home and property.

Water Softeners

Water Softeners are one of the most unsung heroes of basic home maintenance and savings. Hard water wreaks havoc on your pipes and appliances while leaving layers of difficult-to-clean rings and soap scum in tubs and sinks. Water softeners can save your pipes, appliances, and your hair and skin from getting beat up unnecessarily.

Without a properly functioning water softener, most homes run the risk of having to frequently repair or replace water-using appliances such as water heaters, boilers, dishwashers, coffee pots…even your stove top teapot can get worn out with mineral deposits.

85% of all Americans are living with Hard Water.

Do I need a water softener?

Do you have dry hair, stiff laundry and endless appliance repair bills? Are you living with decreased water pressure from scale-ridden pipes? Then you need a water softener. Hard water will not go away on its own. The cost incurred by hard water will only continue to escalate.

Without a water softener, appliances will fail sooner than they should. If water scales continue to accumulate in your pipes, your flow rate will continue to restrict and you risk losing water pressure throughout the house. Hard water wrecks water heaters. Your utility bills will continue to skyrocket. The perpetual cycle of repairs and replacements will continue without the safeguard of a water softener.

What is a water softener?

A water softener is a whole-house system which addresses the most prevalent and devastating water problems: hard water. A Water Softener is not a filter, but rather it removes hardness-causing calcium and magnesium minerals in your water through a process called ion exchange.

Scales from hard water build up in your pipes which clogs them and decreases water pressure. This can dramatically shorten the lifespan of your appliances like dishwashers, coffee makers and ice machines.

Hard water affects hot water even faster. Calcium and magnesium will solidify in higher temperatures. Once they cool, they will harden into solid deposits inside your hot water heater. Harden scales will attach themselves to the heating element and makes a popping noise when heating. As the temperature of the heater rises, the tank expands, and calcified rock deposits start cracking and stretching.

Other side effects of not having a water softener are, extra laundry detergent to prevent it from looking dingy. Clean dishes will look streaked and stained coming out of your dishwasher. Filmy scum builds up on your shower curtains. Soaps and shampoos will not lather. Hard water will leave your skin itchy and dry, and your hair lifeless and sticky after bathing. The effects of hard water are astronomical due to the amount of time, energy and money required to clean up the detrimental side effects.

How does a water softener work?

Ion exchange is the process which water softeners work through. This process eliminates calcium and magnesium from the water. As hard water enters the mineral tank, it flows through a bed of spherical resin beads.

These beads are plastic usually made from polystyrene and are charged with sodium ion. Resin beads have a negative charge or are anions. Calcium and magnesium minerals are positive charged or cations. Opposites attract, and the negative charged minerals is attracted to the positive charged resin bead.

As the hard water passes through the resin, the beads grab hold of the mineral ions and remove them. When the mineral ion is seized by the bead, the sodium ion is released. The resin strips all the hardness out of the water as it passes through the mineral tank, and softened water flows out into your home.

What are the components of a water softener?

A water softener has three components: a control valve, a mineral tank, and a brine tank. These parts work together to remove the minerals from hard water, monitor the flow of the water, and periodically clean the system through a regeneration process.

Mineral Tank

This is the chamber where the hard water is softened. Water lines feed hard water into the tank, then seeps through the bed of resin beads, and deposits the water hardening calcium and magnesium ions. Then the water exits the tank soft and flows through your pipes, and out into your appliances.

Control Valve

This valve, through a meter, measures and tracks the amount of water passing through the mineral tank and into your home. As the mineral tank does its job, overtime it depletes the capacity of the resin that effectively softens your water.

The control valve automatically initiates a regeneration cycle before the beads become overburdened with mineral content. This maximum capacity is pre-programmed into the control valve’s onboard computer and are demand-initiated which allows water softening units to be extremely efficient.

Brine Tank

This tank aids in the system’s regeneration. It sits adjacent to the mineral tank and is a shorter tank. The brine tank holds a highly concentrated solution of salt, or sometimes potassium, to restore the resin beads’ positive charge.

Brine Tank

Salt is added to the brine tank in the form of either pellets or blocks. Salt dissolves in the water at the bottom of the tank and the control valve registers the softening capacity of the resin is diminishing, the heavy brine solution is drawn out of the tank and flushed through the resin. The water passing through the unit will no longer be softened if the brine tank runs out of salt.

Is soft water safe to drink?

YES! Barring other contaminants, soft water is perfectly safe to consume. For example, if you have moderately hard water, you have five grams per gallon that is only adding 37 milligrams of sodium per quart of water. That’s less than 2% of the suggested daily sodium intake. A slice of white bread has around 170 milligrams of sodium, and a slice of pizza has about 640 milligrams. So comparatively, the amount of sodium added by water softeners is insignificant. However, if your water source is contaminated, a water softener will not filter out those contaminants. A Reverse Osmosis System would be more appropriate for households and businesses with contaminants in their water.

Water Softeners

SOFTENERMAX

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SOFTENERMAX+

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SOFTENERMAX & FILTERMAX

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The Ideal Water Treatment Solution for Arizona Residents

Water Softeners

Do I need a water softener?

What is a water softener?

How does a water softener work?

What are the components of a water softener?

Is soft water safe to drink?

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