Will A Whole House Water Purification System Save You Money?

Let us look at an example of how scale from untreated water increases your energy costs.

A brand new electric water heater estimated energy usage is $408 dollars a annually.

With only 1/4 inch of scale it will consume 40% more energy resulting in that water heater costs $571.20 annually.

That is a $163 dollar a year extra cost just for the water heater!

That is $816 dollars extra over a 5 year period!

According to the Dept of Energy technical alert below, scale that is already present will reduce itself over time!   This is just a representation of possible savings from the water heater scaling and does not include other potential savings from dishwashers, hot tubs, pools, or even coffee machines!  In addition there are potential savings of extending the life of your appliances when their workload is reduced. 

Can you really afford not to have a Rhino protecting your family and appliances?

Energy-Savings Mechanism
The primary energy savings results from a decrease in energy consumption
in heating or cooling applications. This savings is associated with the
prevention or removal of scale build-up on a heat exchange surface where even
a thin film (1/32" or 0.8 mm) can increase energy consumption
by nearly 10%. Example savings resulting from the removal of calcium magnesium scales are shown in Table 1.

 A secondary energy savings can be attributed to reducing the pump
load, or system pressure, required to move the water through a scale-free,
unrestricted piping system.

Scale Thickness   Increased Energy
(inches Consumption (%)
1/32           8.5%
1/16         12.4%
1/8           25.0%
1/4           40.0%

Other Benefits
Aside from the energy savings, other potential areas for savings exist.
The first is elimination or significant reduction in the need for scale and
hardness control chemicals.

The prior build-up of scale on heat exchange surfaces has been removed
over time. This last process has been noted as taking from 30 days to over
a year, depending upon the thickness and composition of the scale.

Department of Energy Technological Alert