Hardwater—doyou
Beforeyou can decidewhattodo
abouthardwater,youneedtoknow
ifyotihaveitand, ifso, howhard
itis.
@Ifyoulive inamunicipalarea,
contactyourwatercompany.
@Ifyou liveinarural area,or in
somesuburbanareas,contactyour
countyagent.
Theanswerwillbe“you have‘so
manygrains’pergallon”and
meansthis:
Om3grainspergallon–SOFT
4to10grains—HARD
IIto 19groins-VERYHARD
20grainsandover—
EXTREMELYHARD
haveit?
Ifyourwater isSOFT,youhave
noproblem.Youcanuse soapor
detergentasyoupreferandforget
allabouthardwater.If you have
HARDwater-lessthan 10grains—
andyouuse phosphatedetergent,
youalsohavenoproblem.
But,if youhavemorethan 10
grains,youwillneed tosoftenyour
waterwitheither. . .
LAninstalledwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2. Theuse ofapackagedwater
softener.
Forinformation on water
softeners,see char%below.
Addthi$muchwaterSUftenerwithaMwaterkvd
Grainsof 0–10 10–15 15–20 20–25 25–30
hardness over30
Whenusing ‘Acup %cup
o%cup 1cup 1cupplus1tablespoonforevery5grainsabove
withdetergent (60ml) (120ml) (160ml) (240ml) 30 (240mlplus15mlfor eachextra5grains)
Whenusing %cup %cup %cup 1cup 1%cups 1%cupsplus 1tablespoonfbrevery5grainsabove
withsoap (80ml) (160ml) (180ml) (240ml) (360ml) 30(300mlplus 15mlforeachextra5grains)