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Water quality, explained plainly

No scare tactics and no jargon. Just what’s in West Texas and DFW water, what it does, and what actually helps.

How hard is the water in Midland? The city's own number

Midland publishes 400 to 600 parts per million. Divide by 17.12 and you get roughly 23 to 35 grains per gallon. Here is what that actually does to a house.

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DFW water: moderately hard, and the chloramine nobody mentions

Dallas-Fort Worth runs on lake water, not West Texas groundwater. The hardness is milder and the disinfectant is the part worth knowing about.

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On a well in West Texas? What to actually deal with

Out past the city limits nobody is treating your water before it reaches the house. Hardness is the least of it - iron and sulfur come first, and in the right order.

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