Calcium in water

Hi Batt`s
Have you looked into Hydrosmart, they claim to deal with this on small and big scale.

Matt

Hi Batt's
I would start with a water analyse. Your local council can probably do that for you. You may find your problem is much more complex than simply calcium.
Our town water is mostly sourced from underground and not the greatest quality. I got a sample tested because I have been having a lot of problems at work with buildup of white scale in appliances that heat water like urns, coffee machines, dishwashers, hotwater systems etc. Also problems in cold water appliances like ice makers and water drinking fountains etc. as well as the usual build up around tap outlets and in shower cubicles.
Turns out that there was very little calcium but rather a cocktail of all sorts of other impurities that will be much harder to deal with. Will need some fairly sophisticated (read expensive) point of entry treatment as well as polishing filters on each appliance apparently.
Hope that is of some help.
Roy G.

The solution will depend on what you want to use it for. State agriculture departments often have useful information. For example if you are using it in the laundry, sodium carbonate aka washing soda will help. There are guidelines for drinking water quality that will tell you if it is fit for human consumption. Ion exchange cartridges or a reverse osmosis system will remove it, but at an ongoing cost. One thing to keep in mind is that it is dissolved in the water so it can't be physically filtered out despite what the glossy brochures might claim.

Batts,

When I was doing linehaul work, I used to spend 2 nights per week at the Barkly Homestead, waiting for the truck from Darwin to arrive the next morning. Often there’d be a heap of bags at the base of the overhead storage tank, waiting to be added to the water supply. I did check what it was, but have since forgotten what chemical it was. The water there was from a sub-artesian acquirer. Maybe you could ring them? 08 8964 4549

Water in Winton comes from a 4,000’ deep bore, and is a cocktail of various minerals & salts. Few people in town, if any, do any treatment to their supplies, but build up on shower roses, taps & the like is very gradual. Lawns don’t suffer from an over abundance of chemicals.

Bob