Overview
Horizon Bay Living Facility is one of the Brookdale Senior Living communities and is the largest owner & operator of senior living communities in the United States. The Lutz location is a first-class facility that covers 5 acres and is surrounded by wildlife, trees and ponds.
Challenges
The facility was renting a commercial salt-based water softener for the dietary & laundry zones to reduce their monthly maintenance chemical costs. However, they were having plumbing leaks and were under the impression the softener would correct those leaks.
Solution
When explained that softened water becomes aggressive and actually increases leaks, they decided to give ScaleBlaster a try. One SB-650 was installed on the entire building as well as one SB-350 on the laundry and another unit in the dietary area.
Installed
February 10, 2011
Outcome
A short time after the ScaleBlaster units were installed, the water began to increase in temperature in less time. This was due to the removal of scale in the hot water tanks, allowing the water to heat faster. There was also a reduction in severity of the leaks that eventually stopped. ScaleBlaster is basically giving them the same results as a water softener would without the $550 monthly rental fees and the constant purchase of salt.
Founder and Co-Owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies
Jeff Conway is the founder and co-owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies, which opened in 1989 from the city it started from – Clearwater, Florida. The first product line was the Clearwater Pool Systems with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as it’s company spokesman. In 1995, the electronic water conditioner ScaleBlaster was added to the product line. Jeff was born in Auburn, Indiana but grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Florida Southern College in 1978 and has resided in the Tampa Bay area ever since. Several products have evolved over the years, making the company the largest manufacturer of mineral ionization equipment and electronic water conditioners in the world.