Hard Water
A hydroelectric town through four generations.
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A hydroelectric town through four generations. The editors’ note placed it here on the basis of three criteria: durability across re-reads (or re-watches, or re-plays), influence on the entries that came after it, and the degree to which it could only have been made by the person — or team — who made it.
In the comparative table maintained by the Books desk, Hard Water sits within a band of 4 – 10 that contains some of the most contested swaps of the year. Editors vote with arguments; a swap requires three editors and one written defense.
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Hard water is water that has a high mineral content. Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum, which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates and sulfates.
