Safer, better water powered by citrus.
Enjoy healthy, salt-free soft water that not only prevents, but also removes hard-water buildup that clogs and corrodes your water heater and other home plumbing fixtures and appliances. This amazing, compact system uses an eco-friendly process to condition all the water throughout your entire home. NuvoH2O accomplishes this through the use of the same FDA-approved chelation technology utilized by luxury hotels and restaurants across the world. The resulting water is soft and healthy for all of your houshold uses, including drinking, bathing, washing, and lawn and plant watering.
Nature + Science = Mind Blown
Water is a basic necessity. But what about the difference between hard water and softened water? Softened water will keep your plumbing, appliances, water heater, fixtures, dishes and shower doors scale free. It will leave your skin feeling soft and smooth. And it will help you save money because your water heater and appliances will work more efficiently and you will use fewer detergents and soaps.
Treating Hard Water
NuvoH2O treats hard water in two ways: First, instead of removing calcium like traditional salt softeners, the NuvoH2O system chelates (binds) and sequesters (isolates) the calcium ions, preventing them from precipitating out and forming scale. Once bound to CitraCharge, the NuvoH2O chelant, the mineral cannot form scale. Second, NuvoH2O also lowers the measured pH of the water to reduce or eliminate scale formation.
The NuvoH2O Salt-Free Water Softeners use a process called “Chelation” (pronounced key-LAY-shun). Chelation involves the binding, or stabilization, of mineral ions naturally found in hard water. The chelant in CitraCharge creates a ring structure to bind the ions to the CitraCharge instead of to other ions, which is what typically causes scale and hard-water deposits.
Our CitraCharge formula stops the mineral ions from causing hard water problems by making the typically troublesome minerals stay apart in the water, so instead of attaching to the metal in the pipes the water passes through. Since they’re bound, those minerals also freely wash away from your body, hair, dishes, pipes, fixtures, and appliances. A primary ingredient in CitraCharge is an FDA approved citric acid. Citric acid is a weak organic acid that occurs in fruits and vegetables. It is a natural chelant and preservative, and is used in many foods and soft drinks. The table below has the pH measures of a number of everyday items.
pH is one of the key factors in determining whether or not scale will form. pH is the measure of the activity or concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. Pure water has a pH very close to 7 at room temperature. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic with the acidity increasing as the pH decreases. Solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline.
CitraCharge naturally decreases the pH of hard water - which is nearly always alkaline - to closer to the neutral range, substantially reducing its potential for scale formation. Since the pH scale is a logarithmic scale (like the Richter scale for earthquakes), even small changes make a big difference. For example, if water measuring 7.9 on the pH scale is decreased to 7.4, it experiences a fifty-fold (50x) decrease in hydrogen ions.
Say Goodbye to Hard Water & Salt
The NuvoH2O softener is very easy to install thanks to our patented CitraCharge™ technology. In fact, most homeowners are able to do it themselves in about an hour without any prior plumbing experience. If you would have a professional do it for you, we have hundreds of experienced plumbers installing our products throughout the United States and Canada. For help in finding an installer please call our customer service department.
Soft Water In An Hour
The NuvoH2O system with CitraCharge™ is safe to drink so unlike traditional softeners no additional plumbing is required for a soft-water loop. When installing the NuvoH2O system you don't have to worry about costly remodeling expenses and all of the interruptions and disorder in your home from construction and contractors.
The built-in bypass makes future cartridge replacement a snap without requiring additional shut-off valves. Because of our innovative, compact design, no electronics, no drain, and no calibration, the system can be located in places other softeners can't go and require no floor space.
Simply mount the nuvoH2O softener on the main cold water line and you're well on your way to enjoying softer, conditioned water in a fraction of the time it takes to install a salt-based softener.
In addition to the nuvoH2O softener and its cartridge, the nuvoH2O softener package also includes a mounting back plate, mounting bracket, screws, housing wrench and detailed installation instructions. With a few of your own tools and a little preparation the installation will usually take about an hour.
