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Hardwater—do y ot~ have it?
Beforeyoucan decidewhatto do
abouthard water,youneedto know
if youhaveit and, if so, howhard
it is.
@ If youlivein a municipal a rea,
contactyourwatercompany.
~If youlivein a ruralarea, or in
somesuburbanareas,contactyour
countyagent.
Theanswerwillbe "youhave'so
manygrains'per gallon"and
meansthis:
Oto 3 grainsper gallon-SOFT
4 to 10grains-HARD
11to 19grains–W3RYHARD
20 grainsandover—
EXTREMELY HARD
If yourwateris SOFT,youhave
no problem.You
can usc soap or
detergentas youpreferandforget
all abouthard water.If youhave
HARDwater—less t han 10grains—
andyouusephosphatedetergent,
youalsohaveno problem.
But, if youhavemorethan 10
grains,youwillneedto softenyour
waterwitheither. . .
L An installedwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2. Theuse of a packagedwater
softener.
For information ml water
softeners9 see Guidebelow.
AddW much
water
$oftener with
a
M
water
hd
Grainsof
hardness
0–10
10–15
15–20
20–25
25–30
over30
VJhen using
%cup
%cup
% cup
o
1cup
1cupplus 1tablespoon forevery5 grainsabove
withdetergent
(60ml)
(120ml)
(160ml)
(240ml)
30 (240mlplus 15ml foreachextra5 grains)
Whenusing
?/3
cup
% cup
%cup
1 cup
1%cups
1%cupsplus1tablespoon f orevery5 grainsabove
withsoap
(80ml)
(160 ml)
(180ml)
(240ml)
(360ml)
30 (300mlplus 15mlforeachextra5 grains)
*
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