This animation illustrates how much water an entire community could save by using the Rayne Evolution with LINX Technology vs. RO systems.
ECO-FRIENDLY SOFT WATER
Portable Exchange Tank Service
See why Rayne's Soft Water Exchange Tank Service is the environmentally superior way to soften your hard water.
Water Softeners & Drinking Water Filter Systems
Know the Facts About Your Water and How to Treat it
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS)*, 89.3% of US homes have hard water. That makes hard water the single most widespread water problem in American homes today. To check the approximate level of hardness in your area, see the map below. For problem water, Rayne offers a full line of Water Softeners and Water Conditioners for your home, office, or business.
In addition to water hardness, consumers are also growing more and more concerned about the purity and safety of their drinking water. Escalating media reports of contamination or abnormal levels of impurities are causing some consumers to invest in home drinking water filtration systems such as the Rayne Evolution with LINX Technology – or a high quality Rayne Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System.
Since 1928, Rayne has provided Home Water Softeners and Water Treatment Solutions
* The USGS is responsible for collecting data on water quality and water supply throughout the nation.
The Hard Facts About Soft Water
For years, we've talked about the benefits of softened water for your home, your health, your pocketbook. Now, a recent independent laboratory study by Battelle Memorial Institute has put cold, hard facts to those benefits we've been talking about.
For this study, Battelle researched the effect of water hardness on the performance of faucets, showerheads, dishwashers, clothes washers, and water heaters. The results? Overwhelmingly, soft water produced better function, efficiency, extended life, and appearance. There were no clogged pipes or water lines. The appliances used significantly less energy to ... [Read more]
Hard Water Map
Softeners: Fact vs. Fiction
Water "Spots"
Water Softeners: Fact vs. Fiction
There is great confusion in the marketplace about the differences between water softeners and water conditioners. Water Softeners will produce Soft Water. Water Conditioners will produce Conditioned Water.
What does Conditioned Water really mean?
The catchall term "conditioned water" as defined by the WQA* is, "Any water which has been treated by one or more processes to improve the water's usefulness and/or aesthetic quality by reducing undesirable substances or undesirable conditions."
So Conditioned Water can be Soft Water, but not ALL Water Conditioners are able to Soften Water.
Water Conditioner?
But is it a Water Softener?
Water Softeners
Yes
Yes
Reverse Osmosis/Water Purifier
Yes
Yes
Carbon Filtration
Yes
No
Magnets
Yes
No
Electronic wave technology
Yes
No
Ceramic media
Yes
No
And a host of others
Yes
No
*The International Water Quality Association (WQA), the trade association that represents the water treatment industry
Water "Spots" is an educational service provided by Rayne Water Corporation to help consumers stay informed about the water they use in their homes. It includes the latest water news and information as well as links to current water events.
A recent article from Cordis and the European Commission discusses lithium in drinking water and the health effects and concerns that go along with it. New Swedish research, according to the publication, has found that large quantities of lithium in groundwater can trigger hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism, also known as underactive thyroid, is a condition where there is too little thyroid hormone in the bloodstream in which the body needs to function normally. Inadequate stimulation of cells and organs in the body due to low levels of thyroid hormone causes the symptoms associated with hypothyroidism, which is generally a "slowing-down" of the body's processes. These symptoms include slowed heart rate, tiredness, inability to tolerate cold, mental fatigue, and constipation.
Lithium is used to treat such diseases as bipolar disorder and other depressions. According to the article, "high concentrations of this element were found in villages of the Argentinean Andes Mountains, where [...]
