If you’ve been looking at treating your hard water the first systems that you will see are water softeners. But as you read more into these devices you may have noticed that they aren’t the most environmentally friendly systems. Water softeners create a sodium backwash or brine solution which is released into the water ways during their regeneration process. This of course begs the question, are there more environmental friendly solutions to the issue and are there eco-friendly water softeners as an alternative?

If you’ve been looking into dealing with your hard water problems the first solutions, you will have seen and heard about are water softeners. Whilst these systems work well, they are not without their significant downsides.

A scale inhibitor is a device designed to reduce the amount of limescale formed in hard water areas. These devices are usually compact and designed to protect single pieces of equipment such as a boiler. But there appear to be many of these systems available. So how do you differentiate them and how do you know if they are effective? We’ll try to answer these questions as best we can in this article.

If you live in a hard water area you are no doubt used to the problems it causes. Hard crusty limescale on surfaces and fixtures, not to mention boilers and other expensive appliances dying long before they should. Many of us in hard water areas simply accept these nuisances as facts of life and continue about our days without giving the hard water menace any more thought.

The North East of England includes the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and a small part of North Yorkshire. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

The East Midlands of England includes the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

To some this may seem a silly question, after all over 60% of the UK is supplied by hard water. As such many of us are used to it and its effects. But given how common it is and the serious impacts it can have, a deeper look into hard water is no bad thing!

The West Midlands include the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at what to expect with your Halcyan installed in regard to the residue we mention on our website. In short the easy to clean residue on surfaces is the treated minerals being left behind when the water evaporates. So with the Halcyan and any conditioner you should expect to see this residue in areas such as your taps, showerheads and Shower Screens.

The South West of England includes the counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!