Impact on Skin and Hair
While the minerals in Wildwood's water are not a health hazard to drink, they do affect your body externally. The combination of sun, saltwater, and moderately hard water can be tough on skin and hair.
- Dry Skin: Hard water makes it difficult to rinse soap completely, leaving behind a residue that can clog pores and cause dryness and irritation.
- Dull Hair: Mineral deposits can build up on the hair shaft, leaving it feeling brittle, flat, and difficult to style.
- Soap Scum: That white film on your shower doors and fixtures is a direct result of soap reacting with the calcium and magnesium in your water.
The Right Filtration for Wildwood
With a hardness level of 5.0 GPG, a full whole-house water softener is typically unnecessary and not a sound financial investment. The data shows it would take 27.8 years to pay for itself through meager annual savings of only $54.
- Recommended: For most homes in Wildwood, a high-quality, NSF-certified pitcher filter (like Brita or ZeroWater) or a simple faucet-mount filter is the perfect solution. It will remove chlorine for better-tasting drinking water and reduce some mineral content without the expense of a large system.
- Not Recommended: A salt-based water softener is overkill. The cost and maintenance are not justified by the moderate hardness level.
An under-sink reverse osmosis (RO) system is a great upgrade for pristine drinking and cooking water, and it quickly pays for itself when compared to the $600-900 average families spend on bottled water annually.