Hard water-do you have it?
Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to
know
if you have it and, if so, how hard
it is.
● If you live in a municipal area,
contact your water company.
● If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be “you have ‘so
many grains’ per gallon” and
means this:
If your water is SOFT, you have
no problem. Youcan use soap or
detergent as you prefer and forget
all about hard water. If you have
HARD water-less than 10grains—
and you use phosphate detergent,
you also have no problem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
water with either. . .
1. An installed water softener in
your home, or
Oto 3 grains per gallon–SOFT
2. The use of a packaged water
4 to 10grains–HARD
softener.
11to 19grains—VERYHARD
For information on water
20 grains and over—
softeners, see guide below.
EXTREMELY HARD
Add this much water softener with a full water level
Grains of
hardness
o–lo 10–15
15–20
20–25
25–30 over 30
When using %cup
Y2 cup
%
cup
o
1cup 1cup plus 1tablespoon for every 5 grains above
with detergent (60 ml)
(120ml)
(160ml) (240 ml) 30 (240 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)
When using ‘Acup
% cup
?4cup
1cup lM cups
1%cups plus 1tablespoonfir every 5 grains above
with soap (80 ml) (160ml)
(180ml)
(240 ml)
(360 ml) 30 (300 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)
