Some people do use their water softener for evaporation refill. It takes a pretty good sized unit and requires a lot of recharging if you have to refill regularly.
Yes, exactly. If your CH levels are high enough and your evaporation rate is high enough you have few practical choices, and essentially must ether replace most of the water each year or get an RO treatment each year. In somewhat less drastic situations there are more choices. My favorite mid-range CH issue setup is to use a combination of softened water, straight fill water, and partial winter water replacement. There are also many other combinations of CH mitigation that work in that situation. In milder conditions, you have even more choices, and can go with a water softener alone, small annual partial water replacements, an RO treatment every couple of years, or various combinations.carlscan26 said:so bottom line it all depends on the specifics of the situation
Thank you Jason, your wisdom precedes you. Now if I could just find a mad scientist who would work for free I think we could solve this with a million or two.JasonLion said:Maybe someday a solution like what It's pooler in AZ was attempting will also be possible. The technology isn't really there yet, but there is no fundamental reason why it can't work. Hopefully there will eventually be some kind of nano-filtration or RO system that is high enough efficiency and affordable.
It's pooler in AZ said:This answer is for simicrintz
I do not want to add the salt to the pool a regular softener would add.