Cleaning The Aerator
The big tank in the picture below is the aerator. Once a month it needs to be drained, scrubbed, sanitized, and cleaned. Failure to do this will result in bacteria buildup in your water softener and then therefore will need to be re-bedded. (recommended to do about every 2 years) unless its a foreclosed home and no one has lived in it for a while. Then It Should Be done before the buyers move in.

Some people don't like to clean the aerator or just for forget. Crystal Clear Water offers these services and will do this task for you Along with filling up your salt container and 17 point check up.


Can I Clean My Aerator every 2 months?
yes. This can be done only if you have the following done.
Adding Activated carbon to the water softener will do a few things.
Takes out Odor, Sulfur, Taste, Chlorine, and buffers the water.

Now you can put 1/2 cup of bleach a week and this will kill any bacteria inside the aerator. Now you can clean every 3 months(must maintain high levels of bleach in the aerator in the duration of the 2 months. If you don't have carbon inside your water softener I don't recommend doing this bleach is not good for you and will ruin your laundry not including the health risks

This is sulfur bacteria        
which can ultimately      
turn into hard rock-                            
like elements inside
the softener. Then you
need to replace the media.