Which water to fill with - softened or reg

[cwstnsko]

normally Calcium rises slowly due to the fact that calcium does not evaporate and the make-up water contains calcium. Soft water for make-up water is a good idea to minimize the creep, but can drive your salt level up.

I tested a neighbor's pool for salt the other day and he was at 800ppm merely by using soft water for make-up. He seems to get about 800 gallons per re-charge on his softener

[PatL34]

I don't understand the logic in that the salt level should go up when adding softened water. There should be litle to no salt coming from the water softener. If you do, then you have a problem with the softener that needs to be addressed. I have never had that experience in the 8 years of running a SWCG.

My two cents.

Pat