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Hardness is a measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium in water. Hard water contains higher concentrations of these minerals and can lead to mineral buildup over time. Hardness is classified based on calcium carbonate content, ranging from soft to very hard. While not a health risk, hard water can cause issues like reduced performance of soaps and increased scaling in pipes and water heaters over time. However, hard water also provides some dietary minerals.

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Hardness is a measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium in water. Hard water contains higher concentrations of these minerals and can lead to mineral buildup over time. Hardness is classified based on calcium carbonate content, ranging from soft to very hard. While not a health risk, hard water can cause issues like reduced performance of soaps and increased scaling in pipes and water heaters over time. However, hard water also provides some dietary minerals.

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Tutorial 1: Hardness

Define Hardness and describe its measurement and how it affects water quality.

The basic meaning of water hardness is the measure of broke up calcium and magnesium in the water.
Hard water is high in disintegrated minerals, both calcium and magnesium. You may have felt the
impacts of hard water, truly, the last time you washed your hands. Contingent upon the hardness of
your water, subsequent to utilizing cleanser to wash you may have felt like there was a film of deposit
left staring you in the face. In hard water, cleanser responds with the calcium, or in other words in
hard water.

Water systems using groundwater as a source are worried about water hardness, since as water
travels through soil and shake it breaks down little measures of normally happening minerals and
conveys them into the groundwater supply. Water is an awesome dissolvable for calcium and
magnesium, so if the minerals are available in the dirt around a water-supply well, the hard water
might be conveyed to homes. Hardness is caused by mixes of calcium and magnesium, and by an
assortment of different metals.

General guidelines for classification of waters are:

Calcium Carbonate Content In Water (mg/L) Hardness Classification

0 to 60 Soft
61 to 120 Moderately Hard
121 to 180 Hard
181 and above Very Hard
Table 1: Water Hardness Measurement

Hardness is a property of water that is not a health concern, but it can be a nuisance. Hard water can
cause mineral build-up in plumbing, fixtures, and water heaters, and poor performance of soaps and
detergents. When hard water is heated, such as in a home water heater, solid deposits of calcium
carbonate can form. This scale can decrease the life of hardware, raise the expenses of warming the
water, bring down the proficiency of electric water radiators, and stop up channels.

Imagine an inside of a water-supply pipe shows, long-term movement of hard water through a pipe
can result in what is called scale build-up. Just as in the human body where blood vessels can be
reduced in inside diameter due to cholesterol build-up, water pipes can gradually close up resulting in
less water movement through the pipe and a lowering of water pressure.

Contrary to that, hard water can have some benefits too. Humans need minerals to stay healthy, and
the National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) states that hard drinking water
generally contributes a small amount toward total calcium and magnesium human dietary needs.

Reference:

Perlman, H. (2016). Hardness in water, USGS Water Science School. December 15. Retrieved from
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/hardness.html

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