You don’t have to be a scientist to know if your home has hard water. Maybe you’ve seen cloudy spots on glassware or experienced a crusted-up kitchen faucet. Maybe the film on the shower door seems ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

An estimated 85% of Americans live with "hard water," or water that contains high levels of dissolved calcium and magnesium. These minerals aren't harmful to consume, but they can cause more than a ...

Chances are you don’t think too hard about the water in your life. It’s easy to take it for granted, and when it comes to water quality, most people will run out and get a water filter of some kind ...

Hard water—that is, water rich in dissolved minerals—is found in 85 percent of the United States, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. So odds are, this could describe the water you use in your ...