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  2. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes

  3. Dealkalization of water - Wikipedia

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    Dealkalizers are most often used as pre-treatment to a boiler and are usually preceded by a water softener. Alkalinity is a factor that most often dictates the amount of boiler blowdown . High alkalinity promotes boiler foaming and carryover and causes high amounts of boiler blowoff.

  4. Belostomatidae - Wikipedia

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    Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. [1]

  5. Haemaphysalis longicornis - Wikipedia

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    Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick, [1] longhorned tick, [2] bush tick, [2] Asian tick, [3] or cattle tick, is a parasitic arachnid belonging to the tick family Ixodidae. The Asian longhorned tick is a known livestock pest, especially in New Zealand , and can transmit a disease called theileriosis to cattle but not to humans.

  6. Backwashing (water treatment) - Wikipedia

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    Spent backwash water is either discharged without treatment to a sanitary sewer system or is treated and recycled within the plant. [4]: 22.37–22.40 Historically, backwash water was discharged directly to surface water supplies; however, direct discharge is now highly regulated through NPDES discharge permits and is often discouraged. Used ...

  7. 37 Things You Should Stop Paying for ASAP - AOL

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    Fabric Softener. Skip the fabric softener as well as the dryer sheets. Reusable dryer balls are better for the environment and save money. Even vinegar (with some essential oil) makes fabric ...

  8. Golden Retriever Teaching Puppy Sibling ‘How to Be a Water ...

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    The video is short - it's only 7 seconds long - and shows the two Goldens on a paddle board with their mom. They're both standing at the front of the board, wearing adorable lifejackets complete ...

  9. Bobcat Casually Drinking From Birdbath Looks Like World's ...

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    Water sources should be regularly cleaned and refilled to help prevent the spread of disease and keep things from becoming stagnant. If you have the ability, try installing a wildlife camera like ...