Effects on Skin, Hair, and Comfort
While the city's water is safe to drink, its hardness can degrade your quality of life. The minerals interfere with the performance of soaps and cleaning agents.
- Soap Scum: Hard water minerals combine with soap to create a sticky residue, leaving a film on your skin that can lead to dryness and irritation.
- Dull Hair: The same residue builds up on hair, leaving it feeling limp, dull, and difficult to manage.
- Constant Cleaning: Berwyn's hard water means a constant battle against soap scum on shower doors, cloudy glassware, and mineral stains on faucets and fixtures.
The Right Filtration System for Berwyn Homes
At 15.9 GPG, only a robust, whole-home system can adequately address the problem. Small, point-of-use filters are simply not up to the task.
- Recommended System: A traditional salt-based water softener is the best solution for Berwyn. It removes the hardness minerals at the point of entry, protecting every pipe, fixture, and water-using appliance in your house.
- For Drinking Water: To get the purest drinking water, combine a whole-house softener with an under-sink reverse osmosis (RO) system. This removes the sodium added by the softener and virtually all other contaminants.
The investment in a whole-house softener (around $1,500 installed) pays for itself in 8.8 years thanks to annual savings of $171 on energy, detergents, and appliance longevity. This calculation doesn't even include the savings from no longer buying bottled water.