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WaterMax
Water Softener

From the most trusted name among water softener systems comes WaterMax® — the world’s most comprehensive, most efficient whole house water softener.

Designed specifically to treat the hardness and impurities of your home’s water supply, the high performing Hague WaterMax® delivers water of the highest quality.

Fully customisable for your specific needs, the WaterMax® water softener provides you with one of the most advanced engineered, complete water treatment solutions on the market today.

Beyond cleaner dishes, softer clothes, scale-free plumbing, longer lasting appliances, WaterMax® delivers many additional features that save energy, time, and money.

Discover why the Hague WaterMax® is regarded as the best water softener in its class.

WaterMax® water softener system features

  • Solid-state system control
  • Hague patented control valve
  • Hague patented tank design
  • Built-in 20 micron whole-house filter
  • Fully customisable multi compartment tank
  • Directional flow screens
  • Built-in bypass with test port
  • Bacteriostatically-protected resin bed
  • Power outage protection
  • Capacity guard
  • Absolute brining feature
  • Safety shut-off
  • Fill plug
  • Filters also available

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WaterMax® water softener system specifications

WaterMax 3MAQ 3BEQ 3MDQ 2MXQ 2AMQ 2APQ 2AKQ 2AJQ
Max Compensated Hardness - mg/l 1540 1540 1540 1880 1540 1540 1540 1030
Iron (ppm) ferrous-clear water
Maximum ferrous iron reduction
0 0 0 12 12 2-12 15 5
Minimum pH - standard units 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6.3
Tannin - mg/l 0 0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0
Sulfur - mg/l - SulfurStat 0 0 0 0 0 0-5 0 0
Maximum Chlorine - mg/l 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Filtration-nominal rating - microns 20 25 20 20 20 20 20 20
Media Amount Compartment #1 - kg 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 Empty Empty Empty Empty
Media Amount Compartment #2 - l Empty 11.3 17 8.5 2.7kg 122.2kg 11.3 11.3
Media Amount Compartment #3 Fine Mesh Cation Resin - l 30 30 30 47 30 30 30 30
Backwash Rate @ min. water pressure maximum flow to drain (l/m) 9 11.4 9 9 19 - 26.5 26.5
Brine line Flow Control Refill - l/min 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Water Pressure - min - max bar 1.4–8.3 1.4–8.3 1.4–8.3 1.4–8.3 1.4–8.3 2.1–8.3 2.1–8.3 2.1–8.3
Flow Rate @ 1.7 bar drop-as tested by Hague - l/min 74 74 65 65 87 75 75 78
Flow Rate @ 1 bar drop-as tested by Hague - l/min 42 49 40 40 43 40 40 48
Pressure Drop @ Service Flow Rate of 30.3 l/min - bar 0.76 0.76 0.80 0.80 0.60 0.69 0.69 0.76
#1 Setting-Salt kg/grams removed 0.5/369 0.5/389 NA 0.8/603 0.5/369 NA NA NA
#2 Setting–Salt kg/grams removed 1.2/778 1.2/816 NA 1.9/1,277 1.2/778 NA NA 1.2/771
#3 Setting–Salt kg/grams removed 2.8/1,520 2.8/1,590 3.9/1,500 4.4/2,482 2.8/1,520 2.8/1,594 2.8/1,500 2.8/1,500
#4 Setting–Salt kg/grams removed 4.2/1,980 4.2/2,080 4.9/1,960 6.5/3,250 4.2/1,980 4.2/2,080 4.2/1,960 4.2/1,960
#1 Salt Setting - Total length of reg. min/l 25/79.5 25/87 NA 36/98 25/117 NA NA NA
#2 Salt Setting - Total length of reg. min/l 28/83 28/91 NA 39/106 28/121 NA NA 34/265
#3 Salt Setting - Total length of reg. min/l 32/91 31/102 47/117 46/119 31/132 37/295 37/295 37/295
#4 Salt Setting - Total length of reg. min/l 36/100 36/100 64/148 53/132 36/140 41/303 41/303 41/303
Shipping weight - kg 61 69 69 76 64 76 73 82
Bacteriostatic-KDF® Process Media* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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