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Water Softener vs. Conditioner: Which is Best?

If you’re looking into water treatment systems for your home, you may have come across the terms “water softeners” and “water conditioners.” While both systems aim to improve water quality by reducing hardness, they work differently and have distinct advantages and disadvantages. Water softeners use ion exchange to remove minerals that cause water hardness, while water conditioners alter the structure of the minerals without removing them.

Bags full of used plastic water bottles.

Bottled Water vs Filtered Tap Water: Important Facts

Americans consume around 1,500 disposable plastic water bottles each second, or nearly 2.2 million each day. Many Americans place a high trust in bottled water, and assume it’s safer than tap water. The truth is there are virtually no real benefits to consuming bottled water. Most bottled water is little more than over-priced tap water in a bottle that contributes to over 2 million tons of plastic waste in our landfills every year.