The water from your faucets may be hard. Due to the minerals dissolved in the Colorado River, which is a primary source of water in Las Vegas, a significant percentage of Las Vegas homes have water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals, particularly calcium and magnesium (hard water). Thus, it’s crucial for households in the city to install a water softening system to curb hard water challenges.
Rain Water Conditioning of Las Vegas offers a vast range of services, helping families have access to soft water. Get to know us to be assisted with all your water softener needs.
Signs You Have Hard Water
A few signs in your home can tell if you have hard water. These include:
Soap Lathering Issues
This is the easiest way to tell you have hard water. When calcium and magnesium react with soap, an insoluble residue called soap scum is formed instead of a lather. Basically, soap scum interferes with soap’s ability to lather effectively.
Taste
Due to the presence of calcium and magnesium, hard water has a slightly chalky, mineral-rich, or metallic taste. You may even find the taste to be bitter or salty.
Smell
If the water in your home smells like rotten eggs or sulfur, or has a metallic or earthy odor, chances are you have hard water.
When bacteria in pipes react with the magnesium in hard water, sulfates will be formed, one of them being hydrogen sulfide, and this causes the rotten egg smell. The minerals in hard water cause mustiness.
Hair and Skin
Since the minerals in hard water prevent soap from lathering and being rinsed off properly, soap scum can be left on the skin. This can strip off the skin’s natural oils and moisture. Therefore, you should be concerned if your skin is dry and itchy.
Soap scum is also formed when you wash your hair with hard water. It prevents the scalp from absorbing moisture, resulting in dry, brittle, and dull hair. If you have colored hair, it may fade faster, or have an uneven tone when you use hard water.
Clothes
Calcium and magnesium can cling to clothes when you do laundry with hard water. Over time, your clothes might become dull or discolored and feel stiff.
Surfaces
Hard water usually leaves white, chalky residue or spots (limestone deposits) on surfaces. You may notice water stains on dishes, glassware, sinks, faucets, and shower fixtures.
Water Pressure
Limescale deposits inside pipes and appliances may eventually lead to low water pressure. Water flow through pipes and fixtures will be restricted.
Reduced Efficiency of Appliances
Dishwashers, ice makers, washing machines, and other appliances in homes with hard water commonly have reduced efficiency, wear and tear, and increased energy consumption.
What Can You Do?
If you have hard water, installing a water softener is necessary. A water softener works by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions.
This system can considerably benefit your home. For starters, your family will have access to water that doesn’t have an unpleasant taste or smell. Additionally, it can help you use less soap, detergents, shampoos, and cleaning supplies, since soft water lathers more easily, saving you money in the long run.
It’s easier to clean a home with soft water. Hard water prevents soap from forming lather and can reduce the effectiveness of cleaning products. Additionally, dealing with limescale buildup on surfaces after cleaning can be frustrating. Having water stains on dishes can also be disappointing. A water softener ensures your cleaning products work effectively, allowing you to have clean surfaces and sparkling dishes.
It’s also convenient for your family to have cleaner and soft laundry, which is usually not the case with hard water. A water softener can also protect your skin and hair, and can help you have softer skin and healthier-looking hair.
Another benefit of installing a water softener is that your appliances can work efficiently for a long time. You want to have appliances with an improved water flow rate, reduced energy consumption, and minimized downtime due to repairs.
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Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration Systems
In addition to a water softener, it’s vital to have a reverse osmosis water filtration system. While the former focuses on replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions, the latter removes a wide range of contaminants, including dissolved minerals, bacteria, viruses, and organic molecules.
Using the concept of reverse osmosis, water is forced to pass through a semi-permeable membrane using force, leaving behind contaminants. Our water filtration system removes up to 99% of contaminants from water. Water passes through several filtration stages to remove impurities. Our system removes chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals, and per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs).
The city usually adds chlorine to drinking water to disinfect and kill microorganisms, like bacteria and viruses, so the water that comes out of your faucets does not cause waterborne illness. Although safe to drink, chlorine can make water have an unpleasant smell — it may smell like a swimming pool or bleach. Our reverse osmosis water filtration system removes chlorine, allowing you to drink water comfortably.
You can purchase or rent this system from us today.
Our Quad 80 Water Conditioning System
The Quad 80 Water Conditioning System is the best whole home water conditioning system our company offers. This system provides soft chlorine-chemical-free water 24 hours, seven days a week. It has solved the bypass regeneration problem.
A water softener frequently cleans its resin bed to ensure effective ion exchange. During this regeneration, hard water flows into a home. Our Quad 80 Water Conditioning System does not go into a hardwater bypass during regeneration — it only regenerates when it’s needed. Thus, your house will always have access to soft water.
For a limited time, we are giving away a free water-saving reverse osmosis system with the purchase of a Quad 80.
Contact us to discuss your water needs and options today. Our experts in Green Valley, Las Vegas will be happy to provide you with the information you need.
Sources:
Purchasing and Maintaining a Water Softener.
Water Quality Reports. (2024).