Hard or Soft? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? THEY BOTH LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME! Hey there, Sapna here for Dnews. From the outside, all water is seemingly the same: clear, mostly flavorless, two hydrogens, one oxygen. But once you get past the basics, water is actually pretty versatile. It can be distilled, filtered, tap, bottled, and if you're real fancy, there's water marketed as kosher, organic or kabbalah. But did you know water can also be hard or soft? No, this isn't to describe how the water actually feels. It actually has to do with its mineral content. Water becomes ‘hard' when it has a higher than normal concentration of minerals, primarily calcium and magnesium. Water picks up these minerals from rocks and soil as it flows through rivers, wells or other waterways. Soft water, on the other hand, has a low mineral content, either because it has not yet flowed through rocks or wells - like rain water - or because the rocks it has come in contact with have little to no...
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