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Hard wakr
Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to
how
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:
O to 3 grains per gallon–SOFT
4 to 10 grains–HARD
11
to 19 grains–VERY HARD
20 grains and
over—
EXTREMELY HARD
If your water is SOFT, you have
no problem. You can 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 have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
water with either . . .
1.
An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a
pacbged
water
softener.
For information on water
softeners, see chart
below.
Add
t~
much water
w~ner
tith
a
M
water
l~el
Grains of
hardness
o–lo
1O–B
15–20 20–25 25–30
over 30
When using
1A
cup
with detergent
o
Ih
cup
2h
cup
1 cup
1 cup plus 1
~blespoon
for
eve~
5 grains
(60ml)
(120
rrd)
(160
d)
(240
ti)
above 30 (240
ml
plus
15
d
for each
extra 5 grains)
When using
1A
cup
Zh
cup
%
cup
1 cup
1%
cups
lK
CUPS
PIUS
1 tablespoon for
eveu
5 groins
with soap
(80 ml)
(160 ml)
(180 ml)
(240
ml)
(360 ml)
above 30 (300
ml
plus 15
ml
for each
extra 5 grains)
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