A home water softener versus untreated water has many benefits. Your dishes, glass, and silverware are cleaner and shinier. Your hair and skin feel softer, cleaner and smoother. Hard water treated with a water softener greatly reduces soap scum. Hard water made soft through a water softener restores the lathering of soap, shampoo and laundry soap reducing the usage and costs by 75%. Fabrics are softer, stay brighter and the lifespan of them is extended. Soft water preserves the life of all water using appliances. A water heater protected by a water softening system can reduce the yearly energy cost of that appliance by 22 -29 %.