We Have Water - Finally

On Monday, we hooked the water from the municipal curb stop into our house plumbing and disconnected the well. It took a mere two hours, and at the end, two men from the county inspected the job and turned on the valve at the end of the driveway.It was all so painless, one wonders why we take so long to do these things.
We immediately noticed chlorine when we ran the tap in the kitchen. The dog and cat both looked askance at their water bowls before trying the new supply. I did two loads of laundry and maybe it is just my imagination but I think it smells cleaner. We did have high iron content in the well and the fabric felt softer straight out of the washer. Washing dishes (not that I do that often) also feels better on the hands and the dishwasher dishes seem cleaner too. It makes sense because laundry and dish detergent is formulated for a standard type of chlorinated water, so if they are working better I can understand why.
We noticed that tea tasted different, for me it was flat and burnt tasting. We always meant to keep the well for the greenhouse and garden, so we plumbed a bar tap in the kitchen sink from the well, and we use that for tea.Now that spring is here, the driveway we dug up for the water line is mucky and deeply rutted. We have spent some days adding field stone and levelling off the drive, but it will be a long process to repair the damage.Our only remaining question is what will this cost? We have a meter on the water now, so we will have a good idea of our consumption and will have to pay accordingly. Every three months a truck will come by and electronically read the meter which has a little wire that transmits signals to a little device they carry for that purpose.
So far, so good.