No. Our water has a very low sodium level (10mg/1 or less). This is substantially lower than most well water supplies and many bottled water brands.

Charleston Water System uses a combination of chlorine and chloramines—a chemical formed by combining ammonia and chlorine—to protect the water from bacteria and viruses. Chloramines are more stable than chlorine in the water distribution system and chloramine residuals help maintain consistent water quality. The amount of chemicals is carefully measured to the lowest level needed to keep the water free of disease-causing organisms. Yes.

Absolutely not! The amount of sodium that is produced by a water softener is miniscule in comparison to your daily allowance for sodium intake. For a further in depth look about sodium and water softeners or if you are on a sodium-restricted diet or therapy click here.

We treat water from the Edisto River and the Bushy Park Reservoir, both of which are surface water sources. The water is treated at our Hanahan Water Treatment Plant, which is permitted to treat up to 118 million gallons per day (mgd).

No. Charleston Water System uses trace amounts of chloramines (a mixture of chlorine and ammonia) to disinfect drinking water. This trace disinfectant is harmful to fish and other aquatic life. There are a number of products available at pet stores to remove chloramines from your fish tank. Charleston Water System tap water is safe for dogs, cats, and other non-aquatic pets.

Very little. In most cases, you'll find less sodium in a quart of conditioned water than in a slice of bread. If your doctor recommends a sodium-free diet, a reverse osmosis drinking water unit can reduce the total sodium content to near zero.

The sodium levels for our LEAN CUISINE® products were set after examining sodium intake guidelines for healthy adults. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U. S. Food & Drug Administration advise that healthy adults should limit their sodium intake to 2,300 mg daily. Although LEAN CUISINE® is not required to meet any government regulations on sodium restrictions, we maintain a self-imposed guideline to ensure great taste and good health for you.

It all depends on the hardness of the raw water. The following table shows the additional amount of sodium consumed by drinking one quart of softened water.

No, there is absolutely no reason to be concerned. Raw food is full of naturally occurring water! All the moisture needed to digest raw food is contained in raw food! Although a lower sodium intake is part of the reason that our BARFing dogs drink less water, the real reason is that raw food has not had the water removed like kibble has. The different between kibble and canned dog food is the water content...they leave the water in the canned and dry out the kibble.

Purified water is used in beverages and ice and for cooking in all big-city hotels and restaurants. It is best to stick with bottled water and beverages, without ice, in outlying areas.

For each grain per gallon (17.1 mg/L) of hardness, a softenener will put 30 mg/gal (7.9 mg/L) of sodium in the water. The US FDA defines the water that would result from softening 100 gpg (1710 mg/L) hard water as a "low sodium" beverage. It should be noted that Most of Maui's areas that are affected by hard water have hardness around 8 gpg.

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YES! Reverse Osmosis was originally designed R.O. make sea water drinkable for the navy. It is ideal for anyone on a low sodium diet. YES! An R.O. membrane has a pore size much smaller than bacteria virus, pyrogen microorganisms from tap water and produce sterile water.

These flyers are called bill inserts, and Charleston Water System allows non-profit organizations to include these inserts in our bills as a community service. An organization must be a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit group and Charleston Water System's Board of Commissioners must approve all inserts. Non-profit organizations design and print the flyers, which Charleston Water System inserts into the bills using an automated system.

We now know that a single concentration of sodium - 90 meq/L - is suitable for all ages and most degrees of severity (except high output cholera in adults). This is the most robust level. Packet combined chemicals allow for greater safety, as bazaar salt is likely to be coarse and sucrose may be adulterated. Bazaar-bought chemicals may be more often available (not always: shortages of salt and sugar occur in the poorest countries), or perhaps cheaper.

Yes. Any CUNO water softener may use either Potassium or Sodium Chloride as a re-generant without changing settings. This is of special interest to anyone on a sodium-free or low sodium diet.

The City of Ann Arbor's drinking water averages 48.5 mg/l or ppm (parts per million). Most of this sodium is naturally occurring. Hardness in water reflects the mineral content - primarily calcium. These minerals are naturally occurring. The Ann Arbor Water Plant treats the water to reduce the hardness. How well this process works varies seasonally with the water temperature.