Maybe a whole house water filter tapped into your incoming water supply line...
Won’t “soften” the water but might get the gunk out.
Not too expensive, I think...good luck.
I’ve been in the water biz for 30 years. Deep wells. Our water is only slightly harder than Cleveland’s. And,,,, before the epa, the Ohio Dept. of Health declared our water to one of the best in the state. But,,, every couple of years, there’s a sales attack. These jerks come in and test the water, and tell the people how much better it would be if they just installed their system! Right! Our water far surpasses the epa’s regs. No need for any treatment, much less a $3,000 reverse osmosis deal. But they scare people, specially people who have just moved into the system. Scam! So,,, you have to deal with that aspect.
But, your water is very hard. Tons of iron, and perhaps manganese. We have lots of iron, and iron bacteria, in our water. Used to get red water complaints, and complaints about staining. We started treating the raw water, coming from the wells, and into storage, with a phosphate product called AquaMag. It adjusts the ph, and it ties up the iron molecules, so they can’t combine with oxygen and turn into rust, so no staining. It can be injected into the well also.
Before I’d talk to a hardware salesman,,,, I’d talk to the guy who drilled your well! Good luck!