alkalinity

Hello. The water out of my well is hard, heavy iron, and acidic. I have an alkaline filter that reduces the acidity, an iron filter to reduce the iron, then a water softener to soften the water. Am I understanding this correctly? The acidity is removed by the calcium carbonate, but adds...

We moved into new construction 9/1. We have plastic tube PEX plumbing. Recently had the control on our Bradford White replaced and at that time our new plumber took a look at the rods in the tank with a camera. He was amazed they had a lot of scale (looks like calcium) on them already. I have...