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- Hard water occurs in areas of the UK where the bedrock is made of sedimentary rocks like limestone, chalk, flint and sandstone, which formed over the last 65-250 million years. The South East of the UK is mainly made up of chalk and limestone regions and as a result, has the hardest water.
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Apr 7, 2020 · Most of the water in the UK comes from surface sources i.e reservoirs and lakes. A third of UK supply comes from groundwater sources, aquifers etc. Both sources will often supply hard water due to the underlining geology.
Hard water occurs in areas of the UK where the bedrock is made of sedimentary rocks like limestone, chalk, flint and sandstone, which formed over the last 65-250 million years. The South East of the UK is mainly made up of chalk and limestone regions and as a result, has the hardest water.
Hard water causes scaling in hot water systems, kettles, electric irons and domestic appliances. Scaling is defined as deposits of calcium and magnesium that build up on heating elements...
Information from the British Drinking Water Inspectorate [58] shows that drinking water in England is generally considered to be 'very hard', with most areas of England, particularly east of a line between the Severn and Tees estuaries, exhibiting above 200 ppm for the calcium carbonate equivalent.
Hard water or water hardness is caused by the amount of minerals present. This is a natural occurrence in the geology of the landscape. We're unable to control water hardness as it’s a characteristic of the water at the source. Most of the water in the South-East of England is hard in nature.
Hard water comes from chalk which was created millions of years ago by rising sea levels. Chalk comes from the remains of tiny organisms that today provide fossil collecting opportunities. At the end of Chalk times (65 million years ago), sea levels fell and South-East England was uplifted.