HOW HARD IS YOUR WATER?
If it’s 100ppm or above, a water softener can help you avoid limescale buildup and improve skin and hair health.
* PPM stands for parts per million and indicates the concentration of dissolved limescale minerals like calcium and magnesium in water.
<60 PPM
SOFT WATER
You could still benefit from making your water cleaner still with a water filter.
60-120 PPM
HARD WATER
You will definitely benefit from a scale inhibitor to protect you and your home.
120> PPM
VERY HARD WATER
This is doing real harm – you will see huge improvements with a scale inhibitor.
If you are unsure of the level of hardness of your water supply, you can also measure water hardness using our CalTest Water Hardness Testing Kit (Product Code: WS-WHTK).
CalTest is an inexpensive way of getting an instant reading of your water hardness. Simply add drops of water to the special reagent formula until the colour changes from a red colour to a blue colour (soft water would be a blue colour), then multiply the drops added by 20 for your water hardness measurement. E.g. 8 drops x 20 = 160 ppm (parts per million).
Hard water treatment is recommended for water hardness above 100 ppm (parts per million). Water hardness is measured in parts per million or Degrees Clark, as shown in our Quick Guide to Water Hardness.
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