Alkalinity is a way to measure water’s ability to resist change in pH or its "Buffering Capacity". Alkalinity helps prevent or reduce drastic changes in pH when exposed to acidic influxes that would ...

Hard water rarely announces itself with a single dramatic leak. It creeps in quietly, leaving cloudy glasses, stiff laundry, ...

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