Third-generation owner of Northland Water, Brady Androff, joins the show to talk Minneapolis vs. Saint Paul water and to discuss commonly asked questions about water conditioning.
The show starts off with Brady explaining about his company and its background. He then answers some specific questions:
- Why do we use salt and other things to treat water? What does a water softener do?
- A water softener removes minerals present in the water, but why do you want to take those out when our body needs them to function?
- Why does every house built with a water softener have another unsoftened line? When you drink softened water, do you end up with a lot of sodium intake?
- Why does the water feel slimy when it’s really soft?
- What's better, pellets or crystals?
- Which system is better, the two-tank type, or the self-contained unit?
- How much can someone expect to spend on these systems? What about the labor,
- what does that take for labor? Do you need permits to put these systems in?
- Why do you need this electrical wire connecting the copper water lines going into and
- out of a water softener?
- Why is there a funky smell to shallow wells?
- What can you do about stinky water?
