It also causes stains on sinks, tubs, showers, and light colored clothes. Iron can ruin many loads of clothes in your washer and make beverages taste bad. Your body cannot digest the iron you get from your water. Hard water causes the consumer to use 4 times as much soap and cleaning products as compared to soft water. If your water is hard, you are literally washing money down the drain.
Hard water is also the leading cause of skin problems.
The pH of your water should be a 7.0 ideally. If your pH is less than 7.0, it is considered Acid. The lower the pH, the higher the corrosion in your system. This is the result of your water eating up your copper pipes and depositing the copper in other places. It can also cause heartburn and skin irritation.