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Water quality, explained plainly

No scare tactics and no jargon. Just what is in Oklahoma water, what it does, and what actually helps.

How hard is Oklahoma City water? Nobody can honestly tell you

Oklahoma City does not publish a hardness figure, and it runs on two completely different source waters. Here is what the city's own documents actually say, and why every confident number you find online comes from somebody selling softeners.

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On a well in central Oklahoma? Read this before you buy a softener

Most of this metro sits on the Garber-Wellington aquifer. USGS has measured arsenic in it at up to 232 micrograms per liter against a limit of 10 - and a water softener does not remove arsenic. Here is what does.

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Why water heaters die early around Oklahoma City

We replace water heaters across this metro, so we see what is caked on the element when they come out. Scale is the usual answer - and replacing the heater without dealing with the water buys you the same failure again.

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