Dealing with iron in your water can be incredibly frustrating. It can leave you feeling like you’re constantly scrubbing those orange stains off your sinks and tubs, only to see them come back days later. Your clean white clothes may even end up with streaks, and your drinking water might start to taste metallic.

There is a solution to this problem that does not involve nonstop cleaning or buying bottled water — a water softener might be exactly what you need. But can a water softener remove iron from your water? Below, this Pentair water softening company in Kildeer, Illinois is going to explain how these systems handle iron, and why some iron types are harder to remove than others.