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How Much Water does a Water Softener Use?

  • 06-10-2014 2:47pm
    #1
    Aeneas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Does anyone know how much water a water softener uses per flush? I realise that it may depend on the size of the softener etc but I wonder if there is a general average for domestic, under the sink type, softeners. Or maybe a range. I saw on the net that an average softener uses about 25 litres per flush, but I don't know if this is reliable.


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  • #2
    Aeneas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Aeneas


    So then ......I just telephoned the manufacturer and asked them. My particular model flushes the system every two days. Each flush takes between 30 and 40 litres of water. A t current Irish Water rates that's an annual cost of about €35.


  • #3
    Par1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Par1


    Aeneas wrote: »
    So then ......I just telephoned the manufacturer and asked them. My particular model flushes the system every two days. Each flush takes between 30 and 40 litres of water. A t current Irish Water rates that's an annual cost of about €35.

    Wow thats a lot, i read before some are horrendous regarding auto-flush. Go to youtube and enter - water waste reverse osmosis (ro) truth

    Sorry i cant send links yet! but if you think your scenario is bad check that link out


  • #4
    Aeneas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Aeneas


    Par1 wrote: »
    Wow thats a lot, i read before some are horrendous regarding auto-flush. Go to youtube and enter - water waste reverse osmosis (ro) truth

    Sorry i cant send links yet! but if you think your scenario is bad check that link out

    Well, I didn't think 70 cent a week was too bad. Especially when I look at what showering, flushing, washing machine and dishwasher will cost.


  • #5
    Par1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Par1


    Aeneas wrote: »
    Well, I didn't think 70 cent a week was too bad. Especially when I look at what showering, flushing, washing machine and dishwasher will cost.

    Id agree...70 cent is tiny when you consider the benefits especially to water appliances etc


  • #6
    funnyname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭funnyname


    You could change your system to an Italian product called ZeroCal, it was already installed in a house we just bought and it seems to work well. A friend got it installed at the beginning of the year and raves about it. It is distributed by a company based in Oranmore and stocked by a lot of hardware stores.


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