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Water Quality Testing Blog

What Causes Hard Water?

Posted by Marketing Intern - Jonathan "J.R." Gerstl on Aug 6th 2018

Hard water can be a real pain in the glass…and shower, laundry machine, and personal grooming. Today we are going to look at what causes this grimy little nuisance. WHAT IS HARD WATER? Hard water is water that has a significant amount of dissolved minerals, mainly calcium, magnesium, and sometimes iron. As you may know, the composition of water is two hydrogen atoms and o … READ MORE