My house has well water which is a huge pain in the butt.
Getting water from a well should be good but instead I have a whole lot of problems.
I deal with stains on my plumbing fixtures all the time. My toilet always looks orange. My shower has calcium build up. The soap doesn’t lather and creates blockage in my drains. The water can’t be consumed either. It isn’t a good idea to brush your teeth with it. It stains teeth. It also turns hair orange and dries out skin. It is like the water is toxic. The worst is the damage it does over time. I alway know when it has ruined our water heater. There is a part on a water heater called an anode rod. This rod catches all sorts of calcium and sediment from getting into the water. It should be a good thing. However, our water is so bad that the rod cannot handle it. It gets totally clogged up. What happens is then my water smells like rotten eggs. I know that the rod needs to be removed and wreck our water heater warranty. Then my husband has to dump bleach down the drains to get rid of the smell. We are then good to go until the water ruins the water heater and we have to start fresh. We go through water heaters in half the amount of time we should. It is really expensive to have crappy water. How sad is that? No water softener added has helped matters either. We really just need to move to where there is town water.