Water softening is the reduction of the concentration of calcium, magnesium, and other ions in hard water. These “hardness ions” can cause a variety of undesired effects including interfering with the action of soaps, the build up of scale, which can foul plumbing, and galvanic corrosion.^[1] Conventional water-softening appliances intended for household use depend on an ion-exchange resin in which hardness ions are exchanged, that is, trade places with, sodium ions. Water softening may be desirable where the source of water is hard.^[2] However, hard water also conveys some benefits to health by providing dietary calcium and magnesium and reducing the solubility of potentially toxic metal ions such as lead and copper.

Purified water is water from any source that is physically processed to remove impurities. Distilled water and deionized (DI) water have been common forms of purified water, but water can also be purified by other processes including reverse osmosis, carbon filtration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodialysis. In recent decades, a combination of the above processes have come into use to produce water of such high purity that its trace contaminants are measured in parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt). Purified water has many uses, largely in science and engineering laboratories and industries, and is produced in a range of purities.

You’d be surprised. With our latest water purification methods, DI Pure is capable of producing water so pure that is not for consumption. In other words, anything that your body would want or need has been removed. Why would you want water that pure? For many reasons and for many industries, including medical, bio-technologies and more.

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