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A clear sky. Low 58F. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph..

A clear sky. Low 58F. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph.

Photo courtesy of Delta Pure Water

East County residents often face the challenge of having ‘hard water,’ or water filled with minerals.

Photo courtesy of Delta Pure Water

East County residents often face the challenge of having ‘hard water,’ or water filled with minerals.

East County residents face the challenges of hard water destroying their pipes, fixtures and appliances each day, but there are several options to reduce hard minerals in your tap water and drinking water.

One is a water softener system that removes hard minerals like calcium from water and replace them with sodium, experts say. Homeowners who install these systems will notice things like water spots occur less frequently, if at all.

The other option – and one the City of Brentwood uses – is a water conditioning system. Chris Hayek, president of Delta Pure Water, said both systems will protect pipes and appliances.

“The difference between the two is it’s just a different technology,” Hayek said of water softeners versus water conditioners. “Whereas the softener removes the calcium from the equation, the conditioner changes the structure of it for about 20 minutes. So you have to be readily available to squeegee your shower (or hard water spots will occur), things like that.”

Hayek noted different areas of East County have harder water than others. Brentwood wants residents to use the conditioner systems to keep sodium levels in its wastewater low.

In lieu of using salt, water conditioners use a certified technology to change calcium so it is less harmful to filtration systems, pipes and appliances. Conditioners tend to cost about $500 more than softeners. Both reduce hard mineral content by 80%-85%.

Delta Pure also has a solution for drinking water – an under-the-sink reverse osmosis system.

“What’s nice about reverse osmosis, molecularly, is it’s a man-made product,” Hayek said. “You take water, put it through the reverse osmosis unit and come out with your drinking water, so it is the most molecularly close in mineral content to spring water as a man-made product can be.”

Hayek said reverse osmosis systems are technically desalinators and could turn ocean water into drinking water. They take city drinking water and turn it into a “nice drinking product.” Smell and taste are improved, and the result is close to spring water.

Delta Pure Water is at 41 Sand Creek Road in Brentwood. For more information, call 925-634-6658 or visit www.deltapurewater.com.

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