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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Water Softening
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Water Softening
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Water Softening
Health Occupations > Environmental Health > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Water Softening
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Engineering > Sanitary Engineering > Water Softening

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Water Softening  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Processes by which minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and certain metal cations are removed from hard water, making it more compatible with soap and safer on appliances and plumbing.

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