Is Chicago water hard or soft?

I googled Chicago water report.

Bob

You might wanna try washing it. I have a clear curtain and very hard well water. I throw my curtain in the wash at least once a month. It comes out as clear as the day I bought it. I can't imagine how nasty yours must be.

My hard water is the sweetest coldest water I've ever tasted.

Well you got that right.

peggo

Does Ph have anything to do with hardness?

Bob

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OK. Google chacago water hardness.

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How hard is my water and should I use a water softener? Dissolved minerals make water hard; as the amount of minerals in the water increases, the water becomes harder. Two common minerals found dissolved in drinking water are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. There is usually much more calcium carbonate than magnesium carbonate present in water; therefore, water hardness is reported as the amount of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) dissolved in the water. There are two units of measurement for hardness commonly used in the United States, grains per gallon and milligrams per liter calcium carbonate (mg/L as CaCO3). The conversion factor is 17.1 mg/L as CaCO3 = 1 grain per gallon. Our water is about 8 grains per gallon or 137 mg/L as CaCO3. Average well water hardness is 55 grains per gallon or 941 mg/L as CaCO3.

An easy and reliable indicator of the "hardness" of a community's water supply is to simply drive by a local grocery or hardware store. If there are pallets and pallets of softener salt out front, the water is hard.

I dont know about the water but I heard most of the Chicago man are SOFT !!!!

"Bob F" wrote in news:JsydnXTkzZX5qMjYnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Years ago I had a large fish tank for quite some time. I think the main tests I used to do were PH, Hardness, Total Alkalinity. These are older memories so don't hold me to it.

So I'd say they may/may not be related but they are definately not the same. I imagine people familiar with pool water would be up on this.

Ajanta said in chi.general:

Soft as a baby's bottom.

No, but acidity can corrode the pipes away..

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in news:Doc5h.24468$TV3.17954 @newssvr21.news.prodigy.com:

Maybe give ya the s**ts or somethin' too, ehhh?

Since you live in Watertown, NY, just wondering if you ever heard of Malone, NY ? Just curious because my dad was raised there and I remember some cold Christmas visits there. I was a product of NYC so Malone was a bit different to me years ago. I wonder what Malone or the like is like nowadays?

Mexicans

Lake Michigan water is HARD.

If you have a water softner then you will have soft water but water from the lake is HARD. So HARD it almost hurts coming out of the faucet.

You can read the report.

"ME" said in chi.general:

You don't know what hard is until you've lived in Tucson. What comes out of the taps there is 50% dissolved minerals and 50% chlorine.

Ah, if you have hard water, it's cheaper to install a whole system water softener than to get a new $200 water heater every few decades?

Sorry, my mistake.

Cydrome Leader said in chi.general:

It's not just the water heater: hard water builds up scale inside your pipes. After a few decades, they clog up and your entire house needs to be re-plumbed.

So yeah. it's cheaper in the long run to install a water softener.