Looking for advise to repair water softener that is overfilling.

Please advise.

Checked and cleaned pickup tube and running through the system. Is there anything else I should check? Thanks.

DJC VENTURES INC

Answer: Click on the “Water Softener” section found in the table to the left, and look for the answer to this question in the post titled “Brine tank always full to top with water”.  You will find some suggestions in our reply that should help you to identify the cause of this problem.

Thank you for the fast response. My follow up question(s) are as follows:

We need water with a maximum PH level of 6.0 to mix with our product (food). Will the citric acid contribute to the finished product’s taste / quality / smell / color? Again, thank you very much for the quick response.

Answer:  We really don’t have any experience that would allow us to comment on any effect citric acid injection would have on your product.  All we can say is that addition of citric acid in normal drinking water applications yields no noticeable taste or odor.

Urgent: I need to lower the PH level of our water without using Reverse Osmosis… can somebody help me?Thank you… your urgent reply to my email (info@franzavian.com) is greatly appreciated.
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Answer: The most common method of lowering pH in household water is by chemical injection of citric acid.  We have a system designed to do this on our site.  The system includes a integrated chemical injection pump and solution storage tank manufactured by Stenner, an inline static mixer to enhance the mixing of the citric acid and water at the point of injection, and a retention tank to ensure that there is sufficient contact time between the citric acid (this assures that the correct pH level is always maintained during a high flow rate).

By the way, it is not always true that reverse osmosis reduces the pH level of water. Usually, pH reduction is greatest in water that contains higher levels of alkalinity or HCO3 (bicarbonate). When very little CO2, CO3, or HCO3 is present in untreated water, there is very little pH drop observed in the treated RO (permeate) water.