Salt & Water Conditioning

If you live in California, particularly if they have home water softeners -- or if you have friends of the salt industry in California -- you need to take a look at a new website "Don't let the politicians take your water softener." The site offers an easy way for California citizens to register opposition to CA AB2270.

If passed, AB 2270 would allow the government to intrude into a private residence and remove an appliance. If your softener is banned, your pipes, appliances and even clothes will fall apart faster and your energy costs will increase.

The Salt Institute opposes the bill.

The Legislature will act in August. If you value your water softener, the time to act is NOW.

Posted by Dick Hanneman at 04:14 PM | Permalink

The Salt Institute has urged California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger to veto AB 2270 which would authorize local governments to enact bans on water softeners. SI president Richard L. Hanneman argued that homeowners' use of softeners is more than a "whiter whites, brighter brights" quality of life issue; softener use significantly reduces detergent use, extends the usable life of apparel, preserves the energy efficiency of hot-water-using applicances and extends their useful lives, reducing the need for new landfill capacity.

He urged the Governor to "recognize that our citizens’ quality of life must be considered in the context of its long-term environmental consequences" and that the bill invites "unintended consequences, which are, ironically, environmental in their impact." A veto, he argued, would represent "an affirmation that the carefully-drawn process in current law will prevent any rush to judgment that could actually have a net-negative environmental impact."

The bill is expected to clear the Legislature in July or August.

Posted by Dick Hanneman at 04:09 PM | Permalink