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Surface sources:
Ponds and lakes
Streams and rivers
Storage reservoirs
Max:acidity ←neutral water → max: alkalinity
pH
Hardness
Hardness of water
It is the characteristics - prevents leathering of
soap - presence of calcium and magnesium salts.
Causes of hardness
Temporary or carbonate hardness - carbonate
and bicarbonate of calcium and magnesium
removed by boiling
Hardness
• Noncarbonated or permanent hardness sulphate,
chloride and nitrates of calcium and magnesium