{"id":16,"date":"2026-07-05T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/agua-cal-cloro-malaga-marbella\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:47:07","slug":"agua-cal-cloro-malaga-marbella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/agua-cal-cloro-malaga-marbella\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Malaga and Marbella's water have so much limescale (and taste of chlorine)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in Malaga or Marbella you'll have noticed the limescale on the taps, the white marks on the shower screen and that hint of chlorine in the tap water. It's normal: the Costa del Sol's water is <strong>drinkable and safe, but hard<\/strong>. Let's look at why, and what you can do.<\/p>\n<h2>Why does the Costa del Sol's water have so much limescale?<\/h2>\n<p>La dureza del agua depende del terreno por el que pasa. En buena parte de la provincia de M\u00e1laga el agua arrastra mucho calcio y magnesio, y eso es lo que llamamos \u00abcal\u00bb. No es peligroso para la salud, pero s\u00ed molesto: se incrusta en tuber\u00edas y electrodom\u00e9sticos y resta sabor.<\/p>\n<h2>And the chlorine taste?<\/h2>\n<p>Chlorine is added to disinfect the water so it reaches your home safely. It's essential, but in some areas and at some times of year you notice it more when drinking. The good news: it's easy to remove.<\/p>\n<h2>What you can do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For drinking and cooking:<\/strong> a <a href=\"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/osmosis-inversa-domestica\/\">reverse osmosis<\/a> system removes limescale, chlorine and other impurities at the kitchen tap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For the whole house:<\/strong> a <a href=\"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/descalcificadores\/\">water softener<\/a> reduces the hardness of the water entering the home and protects the installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to know exactly how your water is doing? We'll run a <a href=\"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/contacto\/\">free water test<\/a>. Call us on 600 500 074.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in Malaga or Marbella you'll have noticed limescale on the taps, white marks on the shower screen and that hint of chlorine in the tap water. It's normal: the Costa del Sol's water is drinkable and safe, but hard. Let's look at why, and what you can do. &#8230; <a title=\"Why does Malaga and Marbella&#039;s water have so much limescale (and taste of chlorine)?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/agua-cal-cloro-malaga-marbella\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 el agua de M\u00e1laga y Marbella tiene tanta cal (y sabe a cloro)?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osmosiscostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}