You really can't beat Lake Michigan water... No worries about hard or soft, just use it as is. I haven't had lime build up or icky slimy soft water either.
I don't know of any chicagoans with a water softener. I HATE softened water, makes you feel slimy.
~Renee
Ajanta wrote:
you pipes clog shut in 30 years?
you might want to try something thicker than 1/4 tubing.
Cydrome Leader said in chi.general:
They can if you have hard water. Which Lake Michigan water is not.
But you can't rinse off in really soft water.
I lived in Chicago 6 years. IIRC, it was in the middle between hard and soft.
Yes, there are intakes about a mile out into the lake where the city gets water. You can just see them from the shore. One of my bosses was a worker, or foreman, buiding one of the water tunnels/
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Most tropical fish are pretty soft. I can squeeze them between two fingers, without getting tired.
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I did that once. But then I got worried so I had a friend use his urine. We passed.
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you worked with him in 1867 or 1941?
1872. But he had worked on the tunnel earlier.
Are you sure they didn't dig any such lake tunnels since those years? Maybe it was another tunnel he was working on.
In chi.general Ajanta wrote: : Please help! I am no tech genius and need to buy a shower-head. When I : went to Consumer Reports, it ranks them according to whether the water : is hard or soft. So, is Chicago water hard or soft? Thanks.
I think the question of if Chicago water is hard or soft depends on how fast you are traveling when you hit the water...
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