Have you EVER made bread successfuly before?

Contact your local "Field Service Office" or the "Home Economics" department at the university near you. It could very well be your local water.

A friend while living in Holland...and who was a successful US bread maker....cursed the "cheap Dutch flour"... in reality it was the local water supply...I do not recall if she added a smidge of vinegar or baking soda to resolve the problem. She did NOT use a bread machine.

For more information on water and bread try:

http://www.gftc.ca/articles/2001/baker08.cfm

Sincerely,
Gargoyle