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Hard Water Problems

What Is Hard Water?

Hard Water is water that has a high mineral content.

Hard water forms when water flows over or permeates through soil and rocks. The water absorbs dissolved minerals like calcium, magnesium, and iron holding them in solution. The degree of water hardness is determined by the concentration of these dissolved minerals. The higher the mineral concentration the harder the water and the greater the problem.

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The Problem

Hard water doesn’t discriminate. No matter the industry, if you’re using hard water and you don’t do something about it, your investment in infrastructure and capital equipment will fail prematurely costing you loss of production, downtime, parts, and labour.

Typical hard water problems include but are not limited to;

  • Scale build up in pipes reducing and then possibly stopping water flow causing water pipes/mains to burst.
  • Scale build up in boilers/hot water systems and heating elements increasing your energy costs.
  • Scale build up in hot water ring mains.
  • Scale build up in cooling tower basins and fill. This reduces the cooling efficiency, increases running costs, and provides a habitat for bacteria, legionella, and algae growth.
  • Increased chemical usage in swimming pools and cooling towers as hard water does not mix effectively with products being injected.
  • Irrigation problems. Irrigating with hard water causes a crust on the soil surface. This increases runoff and reduces soil penetration leading to poor root growth and plant life.
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