Hard water solutions in Nottingham
Nottingham has moderately hard water. Here is what that does to your home, what genuinely fixes it, what only appears to, and who can fit it locally.
Moderately hard
Severn Trent Water
Water in Nottingham
- Nottingham is supplied by Severn Trent and sits towards the harder end of that company's very wide range, generally in moderately hard to hard territory.
- Much of the local supply comes from Sherwood Sandstone aquifers, which pick up more mineral content than the upland reservoir sources supplying the western part of Severn Trent's area.
- This puts Nottingham in the band where the softener-versus-inhibitor question is genuinely open, rather than obviously settled either way — which is the most useful thing to know before spending anything.
- Because Severn Trent's area spans soft to very hard, a Nottingham household's water differs materially from a Birmingham household's despite the same supplier and the same region.
- Local installers routinely work across both moderately hard Nottingham and softer parts of Derbyshire, so they tend to be comfortable with both product routes.
Your water is moderately hard — worth protecting the boiler, not much more.
Scale will build up slowly on heated surfaces. A scale inhibitor on the boiler is proportionate and inexpensive, and some manufacturers start asking for one around this level. A softener is still difficult to justify on cost. Test your own tap before deciding — at this level the exact figure matters.
Who supplies Nottingham
Water company boundaries do not follow council boundaries. Check your postcode for the supplier at your address.