Salt dispenser? You have a salt dispenser? I've never heard of such a thing!

As for hard water, I'd thought of that as a possible issue, but is that something that would change like this? I'm open to it, as it seems like my mom's dishwasher has also been doing the same thing, and that's a different brand and about 10-12 miles away.

Other theory: this evidence of mind control chemicals put into the water supply by the CIA. After all, I'm only about 12 miles from Langley