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  • Hard Water Basics
    • A Look at Hard Water Across the US
    • Water Softener Terminology Explained
    • Understanding the soft water process
  • Home & Health
    • Hard water’s impact on grooming
    • Your home on hard water
    • How (And Where) Hard Water Impacts Your Home
    • Interactive Water Quality Map
  • Solutions
    • How to choose a water softener for your home
    • How Water Softeners Work
    • Water softener buyer’s guide
    • Easy ways to test your water
    • Your personalized softening solution
  • Install & Maintain
    • Water softener installation made easy
  • More Facts & Fixes

Hard Water “Watch Outs”

  • Hard Water “Watch Outs”
  • Healthy Family, Happy Home
  • Selecting the Right System
  • The Nuts and Bolts
  • Urban Myths
  • Your Water
Tips to Keep your Water-Using Appliances Strong for the Holidays Clean dishes sitting in a dishwasher with the door open and the racks out

Christmas is almost here and you are probably starting to think about the turkey and all the fixings to go along with it. Making a delicious dinner is a lot less stressful when appliances in your home are in top working shape. No one needs a malfunctioning dishwasher with all those Christmas dishes to tackle. Hard water […]

Spooky Tales of Bathroom Slime shower scale from hard water slime

There is nothing like a long, leisurely soak in a luxurious hot bath to soothe away the stresses of the day – that is, until your bathroom slime (aka soap scum and scale) starts to take over your tub. Bathtubs, faucets and showers are magnets for mildew, soap scum, grime, scale, and stubborn stains. Hard […]

How Hard Water Minerals Form Rust Stains in Your Home iron water rust stains on sink

Orange may be the hot color for your pumpkins this season, but definitely not for your sink. It may surprise you that the causes of rust stains in your sink are preventable, the result of hard water and high levels of iron. Unfortunately, if you have hard water, you can expect to lose 30 percent […]

Gray Is Not The New Black black and gray dress from hard water

The little black dress, or LBD, is a woman’s closet staple. Each year fashion forecasters try to oust it with the latest, greatest color, and your home may be trying to do the same. Only your home, or more specifically your home’s hard water, is gunning for gray as the new color. Hard water may […]

Hard Water May Be Damaging Your Hair and Costing Your Wallet hard water hair costs

The effects of hard water go beyond chalky faucet buildup, pipe damage and higher energy costs. The characteristics of your water can determine how well, or poorly, your shampoo and conditioning routine works. And that has an impact on both your hair and your wallet. The minerals found in hard water (calcium, magnesium and iron) […]

Stress-free cleaning this holiday season A person’s gloved hand cleaning the bathroom tiles because of hard water stains

The key to easier cleaning with fewer chemicals this holiday season? A water softener.

Tips for removing scale buildup before the holidays A woman in a sweater waving her hand by an open door to a house

From quick spot treatments to more permanent fixes, these tips will give you one less thing to stress about when entertaining family and friends this holiday season.

What happened to my laundry? Clothes sitting in a closed washing machine

If you’ve noticed stiff, harsh fabrics, graying or yellowing of clothing, soil build-up and/or weakening of fabrics, hard water is most likely the culprit.

What hard water is really costing you A diagram showing a piggy bank breaking in half and losing its coins

Because water is involved in most of your daily routines, the effects of hard water are felt everywhere—your wallet included. In the short term the costs seem negligible, but over the course of a year they add up.

Can’t lose those stubborn spots on your glasses? You probably have hard water. Hard water scale on a wine glass

Crusty, white scale buildup on faucets, shower heads and water-using appliances is a common sign of hard water around your home.

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