If you were to hear that there is something in your water just waiting to do serious harm to your health then, chances are, you would immediately start taking measures to protect yourself against that something. If you hear that there’s something in your water that isn’t really going to affect your health, but…well, you might start to fade out a little bit. Look, we really are not alarmists around here.
However, we also really need to stress the fact that, yes, hard water is something that you need to take seriously. It is not going to make you sick the way that water with biological pollutants or certain chemicals in it might. But, and this is a big one—hard water is going to have a negative effect on your plumbing system and, in many ways, your life affected by your plumbing system. But why be so vague? Let’s dive into the topic and discover some more!
What do you think of when you think of plumbing problems? Toilets backing up and overflowing onto the floor? Pipes bursting and spraying water all over the interior of your home? 
Do you think that your water coming from a public water supply is guaranteed to be of great quality? If so, then this post is for you. Most people using private water supplies — hopefully — realize that they need to have that water tested and that they may need to treat it to make it safe for consumption. Fewer homeowners realize that their pretreated water from the public supply may be of less than ideal quality, though.
