Best Water Treatment – Top Tips on How to Improve Your Water

Posted on 11th February 2011 in LimeScale Prevention

Best Water Treatment – Top Tips on How to Improve Your Water

There are many commercial ways of treating hard water including water filters, water softeners, electromagnetic water conditioners and reverse osmosis. In this final section in the series we will look at the pros and cons of several of the available methods to treat hard water.

Chemical Water Softeners

Description Chemicals are added in laundering process.

Advantages Removes calcium and magnesium whilst also lengthening lifespan of clothes.

Disadvantages Output water is not fit for drinking.

Water Filters

Description Drinking water from the tap is filtered with a portable unit.

Advantages Output water is fit for drinking. Chlorine is removed and the water is softened.

Disadvantages Does not prevent limescale deposits in pipes and heating system.

Approximate Cost < £0.03 (.05) / litre

Mechanical Water Softeners

Description Permanently installed in plumbing system to replace calcium and magnesium with sodium.

Advantages Prevents limescale and increases heating efficiency. Also lengthens lifespan of clothes.

Disadvantages Output water may not be suitable for drinking.

Approximate Cost 00 per unit to install plus 0 per year in salt and electricity.

Magnetic Water Conditioners

Description Permanently installed in plumbing system to alter calcium ions to prevent limescale.

Advantages Output water is fit for drinking. Prevents limescale and increases heating efficiency. Lengthens lifespan of clothes. Calcium is retained in water which is good for diet. Has low running costs.

Disadvantages None

Approximate Cost unit for installation plus per year in electricity.

In conclusion, whilst it is often desirable to soften water it is important to consider all the cost and health issues as explained above. There are many choices these days and it can be difficult to choose which one is best for your home. However, once installed the device should provide you with the satisfaction that your water is free from unwanted minerals such as calcium and magnesium that cause hard water stains and potentially harmful chemicals whilst also saving you money in the long run.

Warm Regards,

Patrick Henry

Hard Water Consultant

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Patrick Henry BEng (Hons), is a recognised industry expert in removing hard water stains. With an honours degree in Chemical Engineering, he teaches people how to remove stubborn hard water stains and limescale using a step by step guide. He is author of the ebook “Hard Water Stain Removal Secrets Revealed”. Complete information on his popular ebook is available from his web site. And while your there, don’t forget to subscribe to his FREE report.


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Improve Your Company’s Efficacy With Service Desk Software

Posted on 3rd September 2010 in Service Desk Software
Service Desk Software
by guano

Improve Your Company’s Efficacy With Service Desk Software

Improves Customer Service through Shorter Response Time

Customer service attains better productivity with customer support software by making the response time shorter. IT staff members will be obliged to answer service desk calls through a structured system which can be counted every time. Once a help desk call is received, it must be entered into the service desk management software database immediately even if was easily answered. After this, there’s now a record of the call and this permits other IT staff to check the contents of the problem so that other IT staff members can help out by giving solutions. This procedure greatly improves the satisfaction perception of clients towards the company. And all in all, customer support software offer management assistance to help solve and provide data for the issues revolving around incidences, problems, configurations, changes, releases, service level, service finance, capacity, service continuity, availability and security.

Provides Management with Relevant Information

Service desk software provides the management with useful information that can be used for planning such as the resource utilization of the support staff, deficiencies or problems with the services, customer service performance as well as costs. Companies will experience better productivity with customer support software as it actively monitors incidents and queries. It also provides an interface for various activities like change requests from customers as well as the licensing of software.

Offers various helpful Information Management Functions

Service desk software can receive all calls including e-mails about complaints or reports and these are recorded. The incidences are then classified and prioritized. The software then records incident escalation updates the clients and the IT team about the progress of the reports.

Service Desk Software Lowers Costs

Companies will experience better productivity with service desk software as it possesses the single point of contact feature or SPOC for end-users requiring assistance. Without this feature, a company will incur large losses due to spending lots of time searching for means of solving the complaints and getting the help they need. And because all contact with users use a single central system, costs are lessened, resources are optimally utilized and management is simplified.