Residential Softening

Residential water softening factsheets:

• A review of residential water softening
• Residential water softening alternatives
• Residential softening-other considerations
• Residential softening infographic
• Chloride from home water softeners 

General information on water softening

MDH: Home Water Softening Frequently Asked Questions

MPCA's skinny on water softening

Background information on water hardness

The WQA Water Treatment for Dummies Handbook

The Minnesota Water Quality Association  glossary provides water definitions and terminology helpful to the general public.

A more comprehensive glossary is found on the Water Conditioning & Purification International site, which defines terms applicable to community water resources concerns.