talkirvinekiwi
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For our 20yo home in Irvine, we've had two very expensive pipe leaks in the last two years, and we've only owned it for two years, too. Possibly just crap luck.
I want to get a water softener but I'm anxious about the water wastage, not to mention the fact that the brinewater cannot be processed by IRWD for their recycled water purposes according to their website.
But my understanding is a "conditioner" will not do enough to reduce the scaling, which is the issue, right? Because our pipes have pinholes from the minerals?
I wanted to know what others have done/how they feel about the issue. WIth water being a precious resource, I do not feel good about contributing to water wastage, or even worse, completely unusable water that cannot be recycled. Nor have I found the "water service that takes away salty wastewater" that the IRWD website talks about.
Or should I just pony up the dough for a full PEX repipe?
I want to get a water softener but I'm anxious about the water wastage, not to mention the fact that the brinewater cannot be processed by IRWD for their recycled water purposes according to their website.
But my understanding is a "conditioner" will not do enough to reduce the scaling, which is the issue, right? Because our pipes have pinholes from the minerals?
I wanted to know what others have done/how they feel about the issue. WIth water being a precious resource, I do not feel good about contributing to water wastage, or even worse, completely unusable water that cannot be recycled. Nor have I found the "water service that takes away salty wastewater" that the IRWD website talks about.
Or should I just pony up the dough for a full PEX repipe?