What are the disadvantages of hard water?

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Disadvantages of hard water are as follows:
Hard water is unfit for drinking purpose as it upsets the stomach.
It is unfit for washing clothes or bathing as it forms sticky scum rather than lather which gets settled on the clothes.
If hard water is used in boilers, it causes a hard deposit on the wall of the boiler.

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