Two forms of water treatment

There are basically only two methods to reduce limescale problems at home or in the business with a water treatment plant . One chemical and one non-chemical.

Two forms of water treatment

Many Danes want fewer limescale problems in the home, and the solution is to treat the drinking water that comes into the home. But what is water treatment ?

Basically, there are only two ways to treat water to minimize limescale problems in your home or business: a chemical and a non-chemical one.

Chemical water treatment reduces limescale content of the water , while non-chemical water treatment changes the shape of the lime so that it adheres to surfaces and installations to a lesser extent.

Chemical: the lime is reduced

The form of water treatment , most Danes have heard of, are so-called ion exchange systems, which are also called water softening plants by the producers because the plants reduce the water's content of limescale and thereby lowers the water hardness.

This is done through ion exchange, as the water runs over an ion exchange mass that attracts and binds calcium. However, this process increases the water's sodium (salt) content, which we already consume too much of according to health recommendations.

The more you lower the hardness in this way, the higher the sodium content becomes, and the more you extract other good minerals from the water. If you lower the lime content too much, the water quality is severely affected, and the water's corrosion of the pipes in the plumbing installation increases sharply.

Therefore, the hardness is usually not reduced completely, but moderately, for example from 30 to 13 degrees of hardness. But this does not eliminate the daily limescale problems .

In Denmark, the water hardness is generally lower in the west than in the east. Therefore, a household without water treatment plant in Jutland have completely natural water with 13 degrees of hardness, a natural content of sodium and daily limescale problems , while a household with water treatment plant in the Copenhagen area can have 13 degrees of hardness, increased sodium content – and continued limescale problems .

Non-chemical: lagur just changes the shape of the lime

LAGUR is the chemical-free alternative to chemical ion exchange systems. LAGUR does not remove lime or other minerals from the water, but simply changes the structure of limescale from calcite to aragonite. In this process, the lime changes form from sharp crystals to round granules, which turn into powder when it dries and are easy to wipe off with a cloth.

This is done, among other things, through a unique use of electromagnetism, so that the system not only changes the shape of the lime, but does so in a way that this change is maintained long enough to LAGUR becomes a practical gain in the form of fewer limescale problems . Thus, solve LAGUR the challenge previously associated with the magnetic influence of water, where the change in the shape of the lime did not last long enough to make a real difference.

LAGUR ensures that the household via a chemical-free solution can get healthy, natural water without increased sodium content and with much less limescale problems than before.

Read more about LAGUR i How LAGUR works .