“They weren’t born clogged up…”

Water in Israel is classified as “hard” to “very hard”, in other words, rich in the minerals calcium and magnesium.These minerals dissolve in water, and at temperatures exceeding 57° C, calcium crystallizes into hard stone that accumulates in pipes, on heating elements, on heat transmitters, and other places in which water flows.

In various locations across Israel, limescale forms at lower temperatures as well, causing damage in: drinking nipples in poultry houses, wet pads, pulsators, and others.

Hard limescale readily crystallizes in all types of pipes, gradually blocking the pipe and reducing the water flow diameter until the pipe is totally obstructed. 

(Variations in pipe types have an effect on the rate of limescale buildup but do not prevent it).

Limescale = Unnecessary additional costs

Limescale also crystallizes on heating elements in electric boilers, in solar collectors, washing machines, kettles, heat transmitters, showerheads and faucets, shortening their effective life.

Hard stone, an insulated substance, forms on heating elements and we end up heating the stone instead of the water; this results in much higher costs in energy, electricity, fuel and oil.

Clogged water passages, from the tiniest nozzles in faucets up to large-diameter pipes carrying municipal water supplies, significantly raise the costs of conveying water and the investment of energy needed for supplying water.

• Financial costs for heating with electricity, fuel, and gas become much higher than necessary.
• Maintenance costs are extremely high due to excessive wear, and with that, insurance premiums go up, as does the level of insurant self-participation.
• Renovating/repair/replacement costs for pipes, heating elements, boilers, collectors, ceramics and so on, demand huge expenses.