8:30AM - 05:00PM M-F
  • Online Bill Pay
  • Customer
    • Request Service
    • Trade-in and Upgrade
    • Bottled Water or Salt Delivery
    • Download Culligan Timer Manuals
  • About
    • Review Us
    • Why choose Culligan?
    • Why Rentals are Important
    • The Culligan Promise
    • All About Water
    • Water News and Resources
  • Contact Us
Menu
  • Online Bill Pay
  • Customer
    • Request Service
    • Trade-in and Upgrade
    • Bottled Water or Salt Delivery
    • Download Culligan Timer Manuals
  • About
    • Review Us
    • Why choose Culligan?
    • Why Rentals are Important
    • The Culligan Promise
    • All About Water
    • Water News and Resources
  • Contact Us
Get Pricing
(724) 201-2711
Ellwood City, New Castle, Bessemer, New Wilmington, Volant
  • For Your Home
    • Water Softener
    • Water Filtration
    • Drinking Water System
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Salt Delivery
    • Water Testing
    • Bacteria & Viruses Water Treatment
  • For Your Business
    • Commercial & Industrial Water Treatment
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Bottle-Free® Water Coolers
    • Salt Delivery
  • Specials
Menu
  • For Your Home
    • Water Softener
    • Water Filtration
    • Drinking Water System
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Salt Delivery
    • Water Testing
    • Bacteria & Viruses Water Treatment
  • For Your Business
    • Commercial & Industrial Water Treatment
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Bottle-Free® Water Coolers
    • Salt Delivery
  • Specials
  • Online Bill Pay
  • Current Customers
    • Request Service
    • Trade-in and Upgrade
    • Bottled Water or Salt Delivery
    • Download Culligan Timer Manuals
  • For Your Home
    • Water Softener
    • Water Filtration
    • Drinking Water System
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Portable Exchange Service
    • Salt Delivery
    • Water Testing
    • Bacteria & Viruses Water Treatment
  • For Your Business
    • Commercial & Industrial Water Treatment
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Bottle-Free® Water Coolers
    • Salt Delivery
  • About Us
    • Review Us
    • Why choose Culligan?
    • Why Rentals are Important
    • The Culligan Promise
    • All About Water
    • Water News and Resources
  • Specials
  • Contact Us
Menu
  • Online Bill Pay
  • Current Customers
    • Request Service
    • Trade-in and Upgrade
    • Bottled Water or Salt Delivery
    • Download Culligan Timer Manuals
  • For Your Home
    • Water Softener
    • Water Filtration
    • Drinking Water System
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Portable Exchange Service
    • Salt Delivery
    • Water Testing
    • Bacteria & Viruses Water Treatment
  • For Your Business
    • Commercial & Industrial Water Treatment
    • Bottled Water Delivery
    • Bottle-Free® Water Coolers
    • Salt Delivery
  • About Us
    • Review Us
    • Why choose Culligan?
    • Why Rentals are Important
    • The Culligan Promise
    • All About Water
    • Water News and Resources
  • Specials
  • Contact Us
Get Pricing

Difference Between Softening and Filtering

What is the difference between softening water and filtering water? You don’t have to be a hydrologist to understand the basic principles behind water filtration and water softening. Here’s an abridged version of what happens when you filter or soften water.

Filtering water involves separating mineral particles, like manganese, iron, hydrogen sulfide or other organic matter, from pure H2O. By passing water through a “filter bed,” or “media bed,” these granular particles are trapped—and clean, purified water passes through the bed.

Softening water involves something called “ion exchange” to remove dissolved minerals—like calcium, magnesium, iron and manganese—that can’t be trapped in a filter bed. Softeners use fresh resin beads with sodium attached to the resin. As water enters the tank, dissolved calcium and magnesium are attracted to the resin. The resin passes up the sodium in exchange for the dissolved chemicals and the water is then rid of these impurities.

Free of contaminants and minerals, water treated with Culligan softeners or filtration systems will make an impression on you and your household, and at the work place.

Whether you use a filter or a softener depends on whether the contaminates in your water are particles or dissolved minerals. Culligan Water Filters remove the substances from your water that can cause staining, foul odors, and the need for excessive cleanup. Household chores become easier because your water is working with you, not against you.

Learn More Today

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
*HE is the world's most efficient water softener when configured with proportional up-flow brining and Aqua-SensorTM
Proudly Serving

Ellwood City, New Castle, Bessemer, New Wilmington, Volant

For your home

  • Water Filtration
  • Drinking Water Systems
  • Water Softeners
  • Free Water Test
  • Bottled Water Delivery

For your Business

  • Commercial & Industrial
  • Deionized & Ultrapure

More for you

  • About Us
  • Specials
  • Contact Us

Get in touch

Facebook Google

200 Portersville Rd Ellwood City,

(724) 201-2711

Copyright © 2023 Optimized-Marketing.com, LLC culliganellwoodcity.com | All rights reserved