Spring Cleaning Starts with Clean Water: How to Refresh Your Home’s Water System
While spring is often related to warmer weather, spring break, and outdoor adventures, for some, it also means it’s time for some pesky spring cleaning! While normally spring cleaning would consist of cleaning out closets and scrubbing the baseboards, have you ever considered spring cleaning your household’s water?
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American household uses more than 300 gallons of water per day. Every single one of those gallons should be full of clean, quality water. With water being used for everything from washing dishes to doing laundry, that quality really matters. Keep reading to find out how quality water can change your spring cleaning game, combat the common challenges of Kansas City’s water supply, and how Culligan Water of Greater Kansas City can provide you with water solutions that produce real change for your home.
What is Kansas City’s Water Like?
While your tap water may be perfectly fine for you to drink and clean with, chances are that it could be much better. The water of the Midwest region—and much of North America—suffers from hard water. When high levels of calcium and magnesium are present in water, this is considered hard water. The surplus of these minerals can form build-up over time inside your home’s pipes, causing problems like bursts and leaks that can lead to costly maintenance. These higher concentrations of calcium and magnesium can also cause rust and corrosion inside your water-using appliances and their connections, leading to pricey repairs.
In addition to hard water, some harsh contaminants can be found in Kansas City’s water. Some of these water differences can occur with a change in the season, while others may be due to old pipes or stormwater runoff. Other hidden dangers found in KC water include traces of arsenic, haloacetic acids, and chloroform as reported in the Environmental Working Group’s latest drinking water quality report for Johnson County.
How Can I Refresh My Home’s Water?
Ridding your home’s water from harsh contaminants can be achieved with the help of water filtration. Culligan Water of Greater Kansas City offers a number of water filtration solutions to meet the unique and differing needs of households. Water softeners and filters use different methods to filter out hard water and contaminants to leave households with quality water.
Using a process called reverse osmosis—a high-threshold filtration process that pushes water through a semipermeable membrane—Culligan Water Reverse Osmosis Systems allow water to pass through, but not impurities. These contaminants are then flushed down the drain leaving households with the best quality drinking water.
For soft water that your water-using appliances and pipes will love, Culligan Water Softeners use a process called “ion exchange” to remove dissolved hard water minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, and manganese. These specialty softeners have innovative resin beads that capture the minerals and exchange them with a trace amount of sodium.
To identify the best way to refresh your home’s water, a water quality test is suggested. An in-home water quality test from Culligan Water can determine your water issues and our licensed water professionals can offer realistic solutions to fit your needs.
Enhancing Your Spring Cleaning with Soft Water
With soft water, your spring cleaning game can be amplified. Soft water helps laundry detergents lather more effectively and rinse away completely, resulting in softer, cleaner clothes and linens; improves the efficiency of your water heater and reduces energy consumption; and leaves your dishes with a more streak-free shine without water spots.
With all these benefits at play, you can look forward to a more efficient clean-up crew with your water-using appliances. Additionally, with soft water flowing through your pipes, you can avoid hard water build-up.
Kick-Start Your Spring Cleaning with Culligan Water of Kansas City
While our team of water experts might not help you clean out the attic or sweep the front porch, they will help you identify water problems that could be affecting your household. With a number of filtration systems that provide homes with soft, filtered water, the solution for your home’s water issues is out there, and Culligan Water of Greater Kansas City is here to help.
If you’re interested in learning more about how to refresh your home’s water system or are interested in scheduling a free in-home water quality consultation, please contact Culligan Water of Greater Kansas City today.
