I don’t think scale represents “bad” or even “low” quality water.
It does not. Hard water tastes delicious
Also it gives the morning coffee that lovely crunch.
Guessing you live next to a lake then, scale comes from groundwater. Or your city is rich enough to pay to soften it at the treatment plant
It isn’t lake/rive vs ground water. It is about what the water goes through / touches. Places where the water touches limestone will get lime scale. Some wells have more scale than others. Some lakes have very hard water. It is about where you live.
River, but we have a massive water treatment plant that feeds the city.
Just recalled going on holidays and seeing how bad some showerheads were with all the scale buildup. Just clicked in that I’ve been spoiled with our water quality and has never been an issue
Good water can have minerals that cause scaling too. Soft water removes the things that make water hard, but doesn’t necessarily mean the water is of a better quality as it could have toxins or other stuff in it.
That’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works.
I don’t even know what that is…
Arizona has super hard water. My 3 year old bathroom faucet already needs it.
Oh wow, looks like average 250 mg/L (ppm) except for bullhead city which is a whopping 619 mg/L (ppm)!
I’m at 30 mg/L (ppm) of total hardness. I couldn’t imagine 600. Would feel like sand paper water I bet
I have to descale my kettle twice a week. It’s so fucking bad.
About once a year I’ll soak my shower heads and faucets screens in vinegar to get rid of the mineral buildup. Other than that, the water tastes great and tests perfectly healthy. I just wonder what it’s doing to my house’s plumbing.
I never have, and I can see a little buildup, so I may at some point, but we’ve been living there almost ten years now, so I think we’re doing alright.
I live in Australia
In my town which I will not mention because I don’t want to dox myself the water tastes yuck and leaves limescale on things
