5 Signs You Need a Home Water Filtration System

Most people do not go looking for a water problem. They notice something small and annoying, live with it for a while, and only later find out it was telling them something. Here are the five signals worth paying attention to.

1. Spots on glassware and fixtures. White, chalky residue on shower doors, faucets and dishes is scale, left behind when hard water evaporates. It is cosmetic on a glass and expensive inside a water heater.

2. Soap that will not lather. Hard water binds with soap instead of foaming. If you are using noticeably more detergent and shampoo than you used to, the water changed or you moved.

3. Dry skin and dull hair. The same mineral film that sits on your shower door sits on you. Many people notice this first after moving into a house on a different supply.

4. A smell or a taste. A chlorine or faintly chemical taste is the common one on treated supply, and it can change through the year as the blend of local and imported water shifts.

5. Scale coming back fast after you clean it. If the kettle furs up again within a fortnight of descaling, that is not a cleaning problem. That is the hardness level telling you what it is.

None of these prove you need a system. They prove a test is worth doing, and a test is where we start.