Hard water contaminants (magnesium & calcium), as well as iron and manganese found in well water supplying homes in Westwood, MA can be removed with a water softener. In following, the EPA has no maximum levels set for calcium and magnesium although these minerals can have damaging affects on your home’s plumbing. Additionally, hard water interferes with almost every cleaning task, from doing the laundry to washing dishes to taking a shower. Clothing can look dingy and feel rough and scratchy. Dishes and glasses may get spotted and a film may build up on shower doors, bathtubs, sinks and faucets. Concurrently, washing your hair in hard water may leave it feeling sticky and dull. Finally, hard water can cause a residue to build-up in pipes that can lower water pressure throughout the house.
WHOLE HOUSE WATER SOFTENER
High Efficiency Water Softener
Fortunately, water softening is effective in removing dissolved forms of iron & manganese and hardness minerals in your well water. To remove particulate iron or manganese, a cartridge filter with proper micron rating will be effective. Selecting the appropriate micron rating and style of filter can be determined by a water treatment professional based on water test results and other symptoms. For more information on Iron and Manganese in water, see articles in Water Technology Magazine at the following link: http://publications/.
See the following chart which categorizes hard water. Compare your water test results: For information on water testing in Westwood see the link at https://www.dwwd.org/waterquality/.
OTHER AFFECTS OF IRON, MANGANESE & HARD WATER
Dissolved Iron Staining
Consequently, some of the affects include corrosion and scaling inside pipes, major staining throughout the home’s showers, bathtubs, and sinks. Also, hard water scale can also build-up inside hot water heaters, insulating the temperature sensor inside the tank. Effectively, this will cause them to work much harder to bring the temperature up to the set level, shortening their lives.
Damaging Scale
WESTWOOD’S PUBLIC WATER SOURCE
The District’s water supply is from groundwater. Meanwhile, there are fourteen wells, six in Westwood and eight in Dedham. There are also emergency connections with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the City of Boston and the Towns of Norwood and Needham. There is also the ability to purchase water from the MWRA on a routine basis, up to 36 million gallons annually, however less than 1% of the annual water requirement is accessed this way. For the Annual Water Quality Reports, see the link at: Annual-Water-Quality-Report.
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