How Hard Water Affects Your Family
While medically safe to drink, very hard water creates daily frustrations. It reacts with soaps to form soap scum, leaving a film on your skin that can cause dryness and irritation. This same reaction makes hair feel dull and difficult to manage. To get clean, you must use 30-50% more detergent, shampoo, and soap, an ongoing hidden cost of hard water.
Effective Filtration for Fergus Falls Water
For water hardness in the 7-15 GPG range, you have a few excellent options to protect your home.
- Recommendation: A salt-free water conditioner is often the preferred choice. It's a low-maintenance system that alters the minerals to prevent them from sticking to surfaces as hard scale, protecting your appliances without adding sodium to your water.
- Alternative: A traditional salt-based water softener will also solve the problem by completely removing the hardness minerals, which some homeowners prefer for the 'slippery' feel of the water.
Investing in a whole-house system (~$1,500 installed) can pay for itself in about 11.1 years from the $135 you save annually on wasted energy, excess soap, and appliance repair or replacement.