NWQAC believes consumers should set their own water quality standards, stay on top of local and national water quality issues and process your families water supply at the point-of-use … at home.
How Do Residential Water Treatment Systems Work?
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In simple terms, water softeners take the hardness (magnesium and calcium ions) out of your tap water. Small resin beads in the softener column are coated with sodium. As tap water flows over the resin beads, magnesium and calcium attach to the beads, releasing the sodium into the softened water.

Some benefits of softened water:
• Softer feeling skin
• Cleaner/Softer clothes
• Clothes Last Longer
• Appliances Last Longer
• Reduced Soap Scum & Water Stains
• Less Dry Itchy Skin, Scalp & Hair Issues
How Do Reverse Osmosis Systems Work?
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Around the world, household drinking water purification systems, including a reverse osmosis step, are commonly used for improving water for drinking and cooking.

RO systems typically include a number of steps:
 • a sediment filter to trap particles, including rust & calcium carbonate
• optionally, a second sediment filter with smaller pores
• an activated carbon filter to trap organic chemicals and chlorine
• a reverse osmosis (RO) filter, which is a thin film composite membrane
• optionally, a filter to capture chemicals not removed by the RO membrane