Water Softening and Sodium for Drinking?
Published July 4, 2011 | 
Sarah from New Jersey Writes:
I read on your site that the best thing to do when putting in a water softener is to run a cold water line unsoftened to the kitchen for drinking and cooking but most of my basement is finished and I don’t want any walls ripped open to install plumbing! I don’t want to buy bottled water and I don’t want extra sodium! What do I do!
Hi Sarah
You will need to remove the sodium from your drinking water before you consume it. There are two ways you can do this:
- Use a water distiller
- Use a reverse osmosis unit
The distiller works by heating up the water, collecting the water vapor and condensing it again. This leaves all the dissolved ions, including sodium behind and gives you nothing but water. The reverse osmosis unit works by passing the water through a membrane where only the water can get through it and it leaves dissolved ions like sodium behind. I recommend you look into a reverse osmosis unit for the simple fact it produces water on demand. Home distiller units require time to make water and then you have to cool it before consumption.
I hope that helps.
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distiller, reverse osmosis, rinking, sodium removal, soft water, water softenerDoes boiling tap water take fluoride out of it?
Published June 15, 2011 | Dawn Asks
If you boil tap water, does that take the fluoride out of it? I’m sure almost everyone knows that fluoride isn’t the best for you, among other things, and I don’t feel comfortable drinking it. I don’t want to buy a new jug of water every time I feel like making tea or something though.
Hi Dawn
Boiling water will actually concentrate the fluoride, because when boiling water steam escapes that is pure water leaving a higher concentration of fluoride behind.
You can purchase a water distiller or reverse osmosis filter that will remove the fluoride. Both are around $300, so you need to do a calculation to see how long of not buying bottled water will pay back the purchase. After that, it’s all money in your pocket.
For example, if you spend $20 a week on bottled water, buying a $300 distillation unit will pay for itself in 15 weeks.
I hope that helped.
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