Tapworks water softeners mean savings all round

Tapworks commercial water softener system has become an attractive alternative to high energy costs and unnecessary maintenance expense.

Hard water is costing industry and commerce millions of pounds a year in unnecessary maintenance and the premature replacement of equipment and consumables.

In addition, it's damaging the environment because we need to burn more fossil fuels and use more chemicals in a variety of forms, to compensate for it.

For many companies, installing a Tapworks commercial water softener system has become an attractive alternative to high energy costs and unnecessary maintenance expense.

Rainwater is naturally soft but when it hits the ground and passes through layers of chalk or limestone rock, it absorbs calcium and magnesium and becomes 'hard'.

More than 60% of Britain suffers from hard water and although water is treated before it heads down the mains, the hard minerals in it remain and bring the problems of limescale into our premises.

Scale forms in pipes and in any equipment that sees water flowing through it or standing in it, restricting water flow and clogging up valves and vents.

The build up of scale in heating systems - particularly on heat exchangers, pumps and other key components - reduces heat transfer.

Government figures show that just 1/16th of scale on a heat exchanger increases the amount of energy required to heat water by 10%.

In addition, you need higher levels of soap and detergents to achieve adequate cleaning with the resultant additional costs and emissions.

Process industries, hospitals, large residential care and nursing homes, laundries, bakeries and the hospitality industry in particular, are prime beneficiaries of commercial water softening systems.

By investing in them, they are saving on energy, plumbing repairs and general maintenance.

They are also extending the life of linens, fixtures and appliances.

The benefits of soft water can be quantified.

Soft water is less expensive to heat.

Gas water heaters use 22% less BTUs of energy to heat soft water.

Electric water heaters use 18% less - that's a saving worth taking a closer look at on its own.

Research shows that linens can last anything between 15 and 30% longer.

Part of the world's largest domestic water softener company, Tapworks North Star range offers a spectrum of products each featuring unique proportional salting with Genius Chip technology whether in Simplex, Duplex, Triplex or Quadplex operation.

This ensures the most efficient usage of salt, providing exactly the amount of salt needed for each regeneration.

It's measured and calculated in proportion to the amount of softened water used since the last regeneration.

Genius Chip also adjusts the salt levels automatically to reflect the users' consumption.

So lower water usage will result in even greater efficiency.

Then when you return to a higher water usage, the Genius Chip automatically adjusts the salt level to compensate and increases the water softener's maximum capacity.

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