Whether you’re dealing with limescale, your hair and skin are feeling particularly dry, or you’re moving into an area and would like to prepare in case these issues are present you’ll want to know if you have hard or soft water in your area. 60% of the UK is supplied by hard water so the odds are good that you do too. In this article we’ll briefly break down each region of the UK and find out whether your area has hard water. You’ll also be able to click through on each region for a more detailed breakdown by county.

In this article we’ll answer the question ‘does London have hard water?’, as well as taking a look at all the main London water suppliers.

Dealing with the problems of hard water can be a real headache. Especially when there are several different and interchangeable names for systems on the market. So what is a hard water filter? Do these systems even exist? If not, then why is the term used? In this article we’ll answer all the above and clarify what the devices on the market are that you’ll want to research when looking for a solution to your limescale issues.

The North West of England includes the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

A scale inhibitor is a device designed to reduce the amount of limescale formed in hard water areas. These devices are usually compact and designed to protect single pieces of equipment such as a boiler. But there appear to be many of these systems available. So how do you differentiate them and how do you know if they are effective? We’ll try to answer these questions as best we can in this article.

If you live in a hard water area you are no doubt used to the problems it causes. Hard crusty limescale on surfaces and fixtures, not to mention boilers and other expensive appliances dying long before they should. Many of us in hard water areas simply accept these nuisances as facts of life and continue about our days without giving the hard water menace any more thought.

The North East of England includes the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and a small part of North Yorkshire. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

The East Midlands of England includes the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!

To some this may seem a silly question, after all over 60% of the UK is supplied by hard water. As such many of us are used to it and its effects. But given how common it is and the serious impacts it can have, a deeper look into hard water is no bad thing!

The West Midlands include the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. So are these areas primarily supplied by hard or soft water? Let’s take a look!