A.J.
I have well water - and I love it! Best tasting stuff I ever had anywhere - but we are lucky. Not all well water is considered equal.
Well water tends to be hard, very hard, with lots of stuff in it that corrodes your pipes, corrode valves (which can burst) and stains your sinks, tub, you name it.
We invested in a water softener and it is incredible the difference it has made. Not only has the corroding stopped but we no longer need to use as much detergents in our wash water because the softner make the soap more efficient. HTH!
A.