Salt pollution is becoming a problem. It affects drinking water sources, damages infrastructure and causes soil problems. As winter approaches, many municipalities will be using less salt on roadways but every bag of salt used in a water softener also ends up in the environment. In this video from Today’s Home Remodeler TV, we’ll show how being salt wise with your water softener can make a big impact in reducing salt pollution. Host Stuart Keith starts at the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Treatment Plant with Kathy Lake to learn about their treatment process. We’ll see how too much salt is entering the facility through wastewater coming from water softeners and the environmental impact it has on our freshwater ecosystems. Then it’s on to the Plumbers Local 75 Training Center for some solutions with instructor Bob Lanphear who shows how your water softener works, ways to reduce salt usage and when it should be replaced.

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