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We’ve got plenty more where that came from. If you’re the kind of person who likes to dig in and figure things out before making a decision, we get it. From quick tips to comprehensive guides, we have everything to help you understand our systems, your water, and what you can do to improve it.

Clean, safe drinking water is a necessity for maintaining our health and well-being. However, what you may not realize is that drinking water straight from pipes can pose hidden dangers. In this blog post, we will explore the risks associated with consuming water from pipes, and how using a salt-free water softener like NuvoH2O can provide a safer alternative. Learn more about how a salt-free water softener can help protect your pipes and get in… Read more

Posted by Tait Washburn on Mar 19th 2026

As we’ve talked about before on this blog, hard water is an expensive problem to have. Even when a homeowner has decided they need a water softener, there is a second problem that will rear its ugly head. Namely, old-fashioned water softeners use a technology called ion exchange that replaces hard water minerals with sodium or potassium. That doesn’t seem like a problem at first, but this older technology has some serious problems, especiall… Read more
p {margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;} Water is an essential component of our daily lives, and its quality is essential for our health and well-being. Hard water is a common issue that many households face, and it is caused by high levels of dissolved minerals such as calcium and magnesium in the water. A salt-free water softener is a device that balances the pH of the water and is used to bind to these minerals, preventing them from adheri… Read more
Water softeners are a common appliance in homes across the world. They help remove minerals like calcium and magnesium from hard water, making it easier to use and less damaging to plumbing fixtures. Traditional water softeners use salt to remove these minerals, but there is a new alternative that has emerged — salt-free water softeners. These systems use different technology to bind to minerals without the use of salt through a process called… Read more