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4-.
Beforeyou can decide what to do
~-~' about hard water, you need to know
if you have it and, if so, how hard
it is.
.
@Ii'
you live
in a municipal area,
contact your water company.
@ If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contactyour
county agent.
The answer will be "you have 'so
many grains' per gallon" and
means this:
O
to
3 grains per gallon—SOFT
4 to 10grains—HARD
11to 19grains–VERY HARD
20
grains
and
over_
EXTREMELY HARD
have it?
If your water is SOFT, youhave
no problem. Youcan use soap or
detergentas youprefer and forget
all abouthard water.If youhave
HARD water-less than 10grains—
and you use phosphatedetergent,
you also haveno problem.
But, if you havemore than 10
grains, you will need to softenyour
water with either. . .
1. An installedwater softenerin
your home, or
2. The use of a packagedwater
sofiener.
For
informationon water
softeners, see guide below.
Add tlfi much
Ivakr
Whner dth
a
M
water
level
-
Grainsof
hardness
o–lo
10–u
15-20
20–25
25–30
over30
Whenusing
o
'A
cup
'/2
cup
2A cup
1cup
1cupplus1tablespoon forevery5 grainsabove
\vithdetergent
(60ml)
(120 ml)
(160 ml)
(240ml)
30(240mlplus 15mlforeachextra5 grains)
Whenusing
1/3
cup
*hcup
%cup
1cup
1%cups
1%cupsplus1tablespoon f orevery5 grainsabove
}vith soap
(80ml)
(160 ml)
(180 ml)
(240ml)
(360ml)
30(300mlplus 15mlforeachextra5 grains)
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