Hard
water-do youhaveit?
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:
Oto 3 grains per gallon–SOFT
4 to 10grains–HARD
11to 19grains–VERY HARD
20 grains and over—
EXTREMELY HARD
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 10
grains-and you use phosphate
detergent, you also have no
problem.
But, if you havemore than 10
grains, you will need to softenyour
water with either. . .
1.
An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a packaged water
softener.
For information on water
softeners, see chart below.
- Add this much watersoftener with a full waterlevel
Grains of
hardness
o–lo
10–15
15-20 20–25 25–30 over 30
When using
‘Acup %cup % cup
1cup
1cup plus 1tbs. for every 5 grains
o
with detergent
(60 ml)
(120ml) (160ml)
(240 ml)
above 30 (240 ml plus 15mil for each
extra 5 grains)
1!4cup plus 1tbs. for every 5 grains
When using %cup ?4cup
%cup 1cup 1%cup
with soap (80ml) (160ml)
(180ml)
(240 ml) (360 ml)
above 30 (300 ml plus 15ml for each
extra 5 grains)
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