I think Sheffield has the softest water I'v ever used, i live in the States, every time I come back to Sheffield i cannot do a thing withmy hair, thought it was all the rain at first, then noticed how soft the water was, don't need any conditioner in Sheffield.

Are any of the other towns like that ? or is it just Sheffield ?

Mind you, I'm not complaining, it's a small thing to have to put up with, petty stuff, but I bet hair spray outsells conditioner there.

Try liverpool for totally calcium free water! It comes from the granite princapality of Wales. East anglia (Cambridge-ish) is totally chalky.

I can't live without my conditioner. Everything is relative.

The water in the states doesn't taste good... i'm a fan of our soft water.

Depends on where in Sheffield you are - work water isn't so soft and scales up the kettle where as at home it's really soft!

I find that it's just the right softness, not like north Wales where it's far too soft and you can never get the soap off your body, or like London where it's so hard that you can't get the soap to lather makes your skin feel horrible.

Sheffield water is just right:thumbsup:

Originally posted by poppins


I think Sheffield has the softest water I've ever used.

Are any of the other towns like that ? or is it just Sheffield ?



The kettles in Hull are full of limescale.

Like Sheffield, Burton on Trent also has good water, that's why beer is brewed there.

The kettles in Hull are full of limescale.

Like Sheffield, Burton on Trent also has good water, that's why beer is brewed there.

Well, the water in Burton on Trent is clearly good for brewing, but this is because it is hard, and so it's very different from Sheffield water. The water in Burton contains just the right mix of sulphate and magnesium ions to make it perfect for the brewing process, for example by preventing unwanted constituents of hops from entering the liquor when the hops are boiled. Home brewers in soft water areas can buy "Burton water salts" to improve the water quality for brewing.

actually Sheffield as hard water thats why there was so many bitter brewers in Sheffield http://www.dwi.gov.uk/pubs/hardness/index.htm

Sheffield has hard water? you must be joking!

Sheffield has hard water? you must be joking!

I've been trying to work that one out too! Does the whole of Sheffield receive its water from the same place?

i think some are on yorkshire and some are on severn trent. the water at me mams at gleadless was great, no limescale and tasted really nice (well as nice as water can be) but at my house in hackenthorpe the kettle and end of the taps get scaled up and that. also my mate went to the dentist and was told he "had good teeth for someone from sheffield" when he aske'd why he'd say such a thing he was told yorkshire water don't have flouride in their water but we're on severn trent so we do but i think thats a load of cr** really

http://www.dwi.gov.uk/pubs/hardness/index.htm:huh::roll:

http://www.dwi.gov.uk/pubs/hardness/index.htm:huh::roll:

Thats twice you've posted that link... Can you explain exactly what you think it says about Sheffield's water? Turn on your tap and have a drink... look inside your kettle...

take water from your hot tap in a nice clean glass and watch the minerals swirl around till they settle
thats the reason why Sheffield was chosen as the the place where wards and bass/stones bitter was brewed there was other threads about this as well

take water from your hot tap in a nice clean glass and watch the minerals swirl around till they settle
thats the reason why Sheffield was chosen as the the place where wards and bass/stones bitter was brewed there was other threads about this as well

The water here is soft... Hard water contains soluble minerals, so not sure what you are seeing...

And in your kettle...?

we have a concealed element now it used to be annoying having to clean the old ones
it shows you on the map


http://www.dwi.gov.uk/pubs/hardness/index.htm




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If you're in Yorkshire water area you can go to their page, enter your postcode into the white box there ('my local information') and it gives you your water hardness :

http://www.yorkshirewater.com

The results are explained here :

http://www.yorkshirewater.com/?OBH=2965

Tried a few postcodes and they came up as moderately soft.

If you're in Yorkshire water area you can go to their page, enter your postcode into the white box there ('my local information') and it gives you your water hardness :

http://www.yorkshirewater.com

The results are explained here :

http://www.yorkshirewater.com/?OBH=2965

Tried a few postcodes and they came up as moderately soft.


didn't used to be thats why stones and wards set up here read it some where thats why they couldn't brew larger here without using rain water

One thing I distinctly remember when I was a nipper was the difference between water here in Sheffield and the water down in Havant, Hampshire.

Whenever we came to Sheff for our hols, I always had to remember not to use as much shampoo, soap or conditioner. Down in south Hampshire, the water is filtered naturally through the chalk Downs, giving it a high alkali content, which meant it was "hard" and caused limescale EVERYwhere: kettles, ends of taps, shower heads, toilet bowls, cisterns, emersion heaters, washing machine heater elements (Calgon adverts).

One time the plumber came and emptied the limescale out of our emersion heater.....no wonder it worked better afterwards, as it was half full of the stuff!

In the Lowedges area, the water's filtered down through peat, meaning it picks up tannins on the way, making it acidic and alot softer, which means the mineral content makes it softer with alot less limescale.

By the way, did you know the same strata of chalk which shows as the South Downs and white cliffs of Dover etc, is the same you can see at Flamborough Head?

Ours in Stocksbridge is moderately soft then, as according to the link provided. It is nice water, and I drink a lot of it. I am also glad that it doesn't have fluoride added to it. I have managed to bring my children up to adulthood without a single tooth filling between them.
We have friends that live in Lincolnshire, and I shudder to drink their tea. There is allways a "scum" floating on the surface. YUK.

i think some are on yorkshire and some are on severn trent. the water at me mams at gleadless was great, no limescale and tasted really nice (well as nice as water can be) but at my house in hackenthorpe the kettle and end of the taps get scaled up and that.

Yes, in the deep south east of Sheffield the water is hard enough to make occasional use of limescale tablets on the kettle necessary.

take water from your hot tap in a nice clean glass and watch the minerals swirl around till they settle I think you'll find that's air and not minerals and you can get it from a cold tap too. It depends on how the water is poured from the tap as to whether it happens.
If there are 'minerals' swirling around in the water before settling, then the 'minerals' are not actually dissolved in the water and will not alter the water's hardness. If you actually think about this, if you actually had minerals settling, then you would have a pile of detritus at the bottom of your glass.

I've been trying to work that one out too! Does the whole of Sheffield receive its water from the same place?

Sheffield gets is water from a number of sources, generally the Derbishire side of town gets hard water from the limestone catchments, much of the rest of the area gets its water from the moors which tend produce softer water. Langsett reservoir which serves much of the north west side of town produces very soft water which is artificially made harder to meet the requirements of the drinking water standards.

Birmingham has the best water supply in the UK.
I found the water here quite bad (Still do) when i moved up, when shaving etc.

well my water according to the website is moderately soft when i entered my boyfriends postcode it said their water is hard, could this be the reason i feel sick when i drink their water?