From: t@toddh.net (Todd H.)
Newsgroups: chi.general alt.home.cleaning alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Is Chicago water hard or soft?
Date: 10 Nov 2006 15:07:24 -0600

"Toller"  writes:

> "Ajanta"  wrote in message 
> news:101120061007195714%ajanta@null.void...
> > Please help! I am no tech genius and need to buy a shower-head. When I
> > went to Consumer Reports, it ranks them according to whether the water
> > is hard or soft. So, is Chicago water hard or soft? Thanks.
> 
> In Rochester NY, about a tenth the size of Chicago, we have three completely 
> different water supplies.  I expect Chicago has a few also.  Call your water 
> department.

Actually the vast vast majority of chicagoland is fed from Lake Michigan. 

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