Homeowners who have hard water face a number of issues as a result, including staining and discoloration on their clothing, build-up on their plumbing fixtures, shorter lifespans for appliances that use water and water that might have an off taste. When it comes to fixing hard water, one of the best ways to get the
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It is truly amazing how cavalier we are about our water quality. We assume (hope really) that something so basic as our water—so vital and necessary—will actually be healthy for us (or at least not make us sick). Unless we are buying a new home almost none of us ever has our well tested (and
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Most people are fairly confident that their drinking water is perfectly safe. There’s something about the fact that it comes out of a faucet that gives legitimacy to a perception of safety, whether you are drinking private well water or “city” water. But almost no one knows what is really in their water or what
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It’s that spring cleaning time of year again. But frequently the water we are going to clean with isn’t clean in the first place. Only days or weeks after cleaning the rust stains out of your toilets and bath tub, and white calcium scale from your faucets and drains, it’s back again. Spring cleaning becomes
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