A new pump after nine days pumping untreated water.

A new pump after nine days pumping the same water but treated through an Ecovortek treatment unit. Continued pumping over several months showed no scale development.

Cowell Laundromat

Ground water in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia has relatively high volumes of calcium and magnesium which impacts on water hardness. "Water quality on Eyre peninsula has remained relatively constant over the past few years." "Overall the water has typical levels of hardness of 250-450 mg/L with averages of the order of 290-320 mg/L." (source SA Water). Water 210 to 320 mg/L is regarded as moderately hard and hard water scale is likely to occur.

The residents of many townships use salt water softeners to reduce the hardness of mains water. When the Cowell Laundromat’s salt water softener failed it was replaced with an Ecovortek water treatment unit. Calcium levels are high in Cowell and the Laundromat can not operate without some sort of water softening. The Ecovortek unit was about the same price as the salt water softener but needed no maintenance or power to run it. After several months hard water scale that had built up during the use of the salt water softener use, and before, started to flake off the inside of the pipes & was caught by a filter, see below. The Ecovortek treated water kept all the washing machines clean.

The Ecovortek Unit was easily fitted at the back of the laundromat into existing pipe work. No power is needed and no ongoing maintenance is required as is needed for the old salt water softener.

A filter collected the finger nail sized hard water scale that was dislodged by the Ecovortek treated water, below. The pipes and washing machines are left clean and completely free of scale.