Water Softener Sodium Content

CaddieMay
CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
in Food and Nutrition
We have well water, and so we add solar salt, a water softener that removes calcium and magnesium deposits. I have read extensively about the amount of sodium left behind in the water (it is safe by RDA standards), but I am concerned that since my daily intake of water has increased, so have my sodium levels. Would it be better to drink bottled water, or am I cool just drinking my own tap water?

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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    what's your water hardness? The harder your water, the more sodium will be added back.

    You always have the option of using potassium chloride, but I would only use it on a metered unit with 20 gpg hardness or less as it would get expensive in a hurry.
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    I'm really not sure.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    Can't answer you without knowing your water hardness. Here in SE Texas 20 gpg is about as high as we get.

    That's a little less than 40 mg sodium/8 oz. of water.

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