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Posted by on June 22, 2006, 9:32 am
dadiOH wrote:
> djgavenda2@yahoo.com wrote:
> > dadiOH wrote:
> >> djgavenda2@yahoo.com wrote:
> >>> I just moved into new condo in Chicago and was amazed at the
> >>> hardness of the water. I have lived in Chicago for 6 years now and
> >>> this water is terribly worse. Not sure why that is.
> >>>
> >>> Regardless, I have found the calcium is quite high which I read is
> >>> the cause of hard water. Does anyone know of a good shower filter
> >>> that removes calcium?
> >>
> >> You can't filter it, it is in solution.
>
> > So is there any solution at all?
>
> Sure - standard water softener. They replace the calcium ions with sodium
> ions from salt so you wind up with water with sodium carbonate.
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> > This Chicago water is harder than my parents' water and they have a
> > well. Also, it's harder than other Chicago water I have had (wierd
> > but true).
>
> Been a long time since I was around Chicago but I don't recall the water
> being particularly hard. I find it strange that city water in your new
> location differs from that in your previous one...one would think that all
> city water is the same. When you say the water is "hard" what - precisely -
> do you mean? What is it like?
>
> If you have to get a softener it would be far preferable to get your condo
> board of directors to install a central one so that all units receive the
> softened water.
>
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So sounds like I have to push for a water softener for building.
Water hardness is much harder in this condo than a couple apts I used
to live in 1 mile north. Very weird. Did a water analysis and calcuim
was high and from what I read calcuim is the cause of hardness.
Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it.
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