Featured Video: Lime Softening Techniques for Water Operators January 13, 2017 By Cassia Smith Water Treatment drinking water lime softening, drinking water reactor, drinking water treatment, videos 0 Hello, and Happy Friday! After the longer water treatment video last week, here is a little water treatment bite. In this 2-minute AWWA video, Fred Bloetscher briefly describes the process for adding lime to the reactor at a large drinking water treatment plant. He also demonstrates how quickly the lime reaction works to clarify the water. For more on lime softening topics, visit our document database and type "lime softening" (without the quote marks) into the keyword filter, then click Retrieve Documents. Comments are closed.