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Re: Hard Water

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Hard Water
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:54:18 -0600
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 03:48:09 EDT." <199709180748.DAA12812 at acme_actwin.com>

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 21:01:33 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gerry Skau <gerry at ans_net>

Here's a question for general discussion. Hard water is caused by a
concentration of minerals in the water, if I am not mistaken? 

Yep. Mostly Ca and Mg for "general hardness" and mostly "bicarbonates"
for "carbonate hardness".  Other stuff will add a little to one or the
other. 

> Would it be possible then to soften water safely by diluting it with
> distilled water?

Absolutely. One part hard water and one part distilled water makes two
parts of water that is half as hard as the hard water.  

Well, I guess that wasn't much a discussion. 

George

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