1. Q : How-to books advise using a water softener on hard water. 2. Munz was looking for a replacement for citric acid as a water softener . 3. She carries 50-pound bags of water softener down the stairs to her basement. 4. This is implemented in domestic water treatment system as water softeners . 5. Chloride cycle dealkalizers operate similar to sodium cycle cation water softeners . 6. Water softeners are regenerated with brine containing ten percent sodium chloride.7. The only people I know of who need water softeners have well water. 8. Unfortunately, water softeners typically add lots of salt to the water. 9. Puronics'released the iGen series of water softeners in April of 2016. 10. If so, that would seem to implicate the water softener .