Re: Flush Green!

Take a look at your choice of water filtration/treatment if you are concerned about water waste. Reverse osmosis wastes 3-4 gallons for every gallon it produces. Water softeners regenerate once or twice a week (for a typical family of 4) at approximately 75 gallons each time.

The technology already exists for zero waste water filtration - find whole house GAC (granular activated carbon) water filtration systems that recommend using the backflush for supplemental landscaping water. If you cannot spring for a whole house system, at least chek into the "Zero Waste" reverse osmosis units now sold - Google it. I don't have one but it sounds good.

As for treating hard water - technology already exists to eliminate virtually all of your hard water problems without using salt or potassium, which adds harmful chlorides to the environment. With a water softener, not only are you wasting water, but consider the energy/fuel/pollution impacts made by the trucks that service your softener. All unnecessary!

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