Quick Tips: Mixing Media: What Works — and What Doesn’t
Episode 78 of the It's Your Water podcast, hosted by Michael Urbans, titled "Quick Tips: Mixing Media: What Works — and What Doesn’t" was published on January 27, 2026 and runs 9 minutes.
January 27, 2026 ·9m · It's Your Water
Summary
Can you mix filtration media or resins in the same tank? In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water, Mike and Denise explain when mixing media can work — and when it leads to serious problems. While it may look like a space-saving shortcut, mixing media often creates backwashing issues, calcification, drain clogging, and contaminant leakage when system design limits are pushed. Learn why cation and anion resins shouldn’t be mixed on hard water, when mixing is especially risky for health-related contaminants, and why chambered (plated) tanks are usually the safer, modern approach. Show Notes Quick Tips Mixing Media
Episode Description
Can you mix filtration media or resins in the same tank?
In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water, Mike and Denise explain when mixing media can work — and when it leads to serious problems. While it may look like a space-saving shortcut, mixing media often creates backwashing issues, calcification, drain clogging, and contaminant leakage when system design limits are pushed.
Learn why cation and anion resins shouldn’t be mixed on hard water, when mixing is especially risky for health-related contaminants, and why chambered (plated) tanks are usually the safer, modern approach.
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