From: mm 
Newsgroups: chi.general alt.home.cleaning alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Is Chicago water hard or soft?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:10:27 -0500

On 10 Nov 2006 10:35:15 -0800, "rsnyder" 
wrote:

>
>Ajanta wrote:
>> 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.
>
>I went to Sears and they will give you a bottle to bring in a sample of
>water. 

I did that once.  But then I got worried so I had a friend use his
urine.  We passed.

> They test it right there in front of you for hardness and Ph.
>They'll ask you some questions about taste, color, and smell of your
>water.  They will then give you some recommendations of what you need,
>no need to buy though.  I got mine tested a little while ago and had a
>hardness of 22, which is extremely hard.  I live near Watertown, NY and
>have a dug well.


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