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Water Hardness and Domestic Use of Detergents
Author(s) -
DeBoer Lloyd M.,
Larson Thurston E.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1961.tb00716.x
Subject(s) - softening , hard water , water consumption , water softening , hardness , consumption (sociology) , water use , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , business , materials science , metallurgy , chemistry , environmental engineering , composite material , engineering , art , ecology , organic chemistry , biology , aesthetics
This article reports on the results of a study made to correlate varying degrees of water hardness with the detergent consumption of the people who use the water. Detergent savings effected by water softening are compared to the costs of reducing water hardness.