| Show WHAT SOFT WATER MEANS A splendid illustration ot of what a plant tor for soi hoiting softening tIng water wafer moans means is furnished at the brigham city steam laundry where manager has had in operation tor for some little time a softening unit installed at a total cost ot of 1289 the plant is somewhat simple in construction being nothing more than a great steel tank tilled filled with pebbles and a pressure attachment which forces the water thru and as the liquid makes its way through the mass ot of pebbles all the lime and other hard material Is taken out ot of it by the rocks at intervals the softening tank has to bo be recharged with salt to purity purify the pebbles when it la is ready tor for operation again mr states that before installing the plant it was necessary to clean out his boiler every few weeks after the installing ot of the plant the boiler was not touched for a number of months and when the cap was taken ott off it was found that there was not tho the slightest trace ot of sediment or flinty material such as gathers in a teakettle all the pipes in the laundry are also tree free from sediment and in consequence the institution has not only overcome many annoyances but real expense in ili this department in ili the laundry department proper tho the change Is even more wonderful bedora installing the softener the plant used pounds of soap per month at a total cost of now the be soap consumption has been reduced to 55 pounds per month in addition to the large quantity of soap used before the was made soft the plant used two barrels of soda per month and a large quantity of lye tor for the very dirty clothing these two items are eliminated entirely now from roin the expense sheet and the clothes come out of the wash in much better shape As tin nn illustration of the difference between hard and soft water a test was made for or the writer with two samples of water each the same in ili quantity into which liquid soap was dropped to make a suds in the hard water it required 35 drops to make the water sample foam while in ili the soft water only 3 drops attained the same result mr stated that lit it is possible to wash dirty hands clean clea in the soft water without any soap and in the consumption consumption of fuel the softening plant has saved the institution many dollars per month carrying the illustration a little further it if the present hard water fills up iron pipes and causes clinkers to gather in teakettles tea kettles and other utensils to say nothing about water jackets water tanks and boilers what wha t must be its effect upon the fil filtering terin plant in the human system from the illustrations given above we are fully convinced that brigham city will be doing the economical and wise thing to install a big filtering plant at the reservoirs so that all the water used in this city will be softened and purified |
