Is Chicago water hard or soft?

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.

Posted by Karl S on November 10, 2006, 11:24 am

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:07:13 GMT, 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.

Doesn't Chicago water come from the lake? If it does, it's soft.

Posted by ME on November 16, 2006, 12:24 pm

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.

> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:07:13 GMT, 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.

> Doesn't Chicago water come from the lake? If it does, it's soft.

Posted by Jean Smith on November 16, 2006, 7:16 pm

> 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.

> > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:07:13 GMT, 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.

> >

> > Doesn't Chicago water come from the lake? If it does, it's soft.

You can read the report.

http://tinyurl.com/yxhj4v

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Posted by Scott en Aztlán on November 17, 2006, 12:25 am

>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 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.
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