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Hard water has a high dissolved magnesium and calcium content, and is the water delivered to taps in London. This water can cause excessive build up of limescale or mineral deposits that could damage the pump. Home water filters are designed to remove all contaminants such as organic solvents and chlorine taste. Distillers remove any minerals by heating, vaporising and recondensing water leave the mineral deposits behind. Pure distilled water works well in the AeroGarden http://www.aerogarden.org.uk/aerogardenpricing2.html provided it is within normal pH range. The easiest alternative is probably to use inexpensive bottled (not spring) water instead. This has a low mineral content and is available at most supermarkets. Cleaning out the aerogarden between planting different seeds and can help reduce mineral deposit build up and the damage it can cause -mainly to the aerogarden pump. The water used within http://www.aerogarden.org.uk/aerogarden_extra_nutrient_tablets.html gardening really needs to fall within a certain range of pH and certain dissolved mineral content. Most tap water supplies are treated so that they fall within this particular pH range and this works really well with the AeroGarden. However, most softened, or very “hard” waters or even spring water has high dissolved mineral content that can cause issues when used with in an AeroGarden. High dissolved mineral content or strong pH can get in the way with the proper uptake of the AeroGarden pH-buffer/nutrient tablet by the herbs or plants, this can stop or delay seed germination, cause “chlorosis”, or yellowing of the leaves and even severely stunt growth. This could be a problem for aerogardeners using tap water from a “hard” tap water area.