Lime softening

Lime softening is when you put something called lime in water to help make it better for you to drink.

Imagine you have a cup of water that looks clean but when you drink it, it doesn't taste good. That's because there may be things in the water that you can't see, like dirt, rocks or tiny organisms.

Lime is a powdery substance that can help make the water taste better and be healthier for you to drink. It works by sticking to the things in the water that are bad for you and making them easier to remove.

The lime acts like a magnet - it grabs onto the bad things in the water and pulls them out. After the lime is added to the water, it's stirred around so that it can grab onto as much of the bad stuff as possible.

Then, the water is left to sit so that the bad stuff can settle to the bottom. Once that happens, the water at the top is drained off and the bad stuff is left behind.

Finally, the good water is tested to make sure it's safe for people to drink. If it is, it's sent to people's homes to drink.

That's how lime softening works - it's like using a magnet to pull the bad stuff out of water to make it safe and clean for people to drink.