Washable clothing is a very large expense in the home. According to the American Laundry Institute, your clothing wears out 30 percent faster in hard water. Have you ever hung your clothes out to dry and later found them hard and stiff? That is because soap scum (like the ring left in your bathtub) is left behind in your clothes, making the fibers very hard and brittle. But we don't commonly hang clothes out to dry anymore. Rather, we wad them up and throw them into the dryer. So while your clothes are in the dryer, they rub together --like rubbing a metal file on metal, and the little brittle fibers break off, thus wearing your clothes out thirty percent faster. That is why the lint trap in your dryer is always full.

With the TRINITY™ whole-house water conditioner, you'll find that your clothes will look brighter, your towels softer, and clothing will last 30 percent longer.
 

The U.S. Department of the Interior has established levels for the classification of hardness based on the grains per gallon (gpg) concentration of these minerals.

Levels of Water Hardness: