Where does your household water supply come from?
02-22-2011, 08:22 PM
#32
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Location: Currently Mosquito (which is outside of Placerville) California
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We don't have a choice as we live over the river and through the woods 35 minutes from any town....we have a well that is 629 feet deep and puts out only 3 gallons per minute. This is our second well. We have a 2500 gallon water storage tank and that really helps. The only time we have trouble is if a pipe breaks and drains the tank. But, boy, oh boy, does our water taste good!
02-22-2011, 08:26 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by Shelbie
We have beautiful ice cold water from a deep drilled well, 143 feet down into the bedrock. Right now we have had an investment group from the USA buy up over 7000 acres of farmland with the hope of starting a limestone quarry 240 feet deep. We are furious as our area is the headwaters for 4 major rivers which provide water for much of southern Ontario and we feel it will be compromised to say nothing of our great agricultural land. We wish our new American investors would invest at home and dig their quarries there!
02-22-2011, 08:41 PM
#35
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Location: Pacific Northwest
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Originally Posted by gixxerangel
I have nasty texas city water....I would rather have a spring like you!! I used to live in Reno, NV and all the water there comes from the Truckee River which comes from Lake Tahoe...I miss that water!! :(
I made the mistake of using warm tap water to rinse my sinuses out while were there once. My nose bled for 10 minutes.
At times the Truckee looks like a small brook winding through town.
02-22-2011, 08:45 PM
#36
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Location: Oklahoma
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We have no choice but to have City water & I will NOT drink or cook with it. When I do have to have some of it, I will get a bladder or kidney infection every time. I have bottled water delivered to my door and also have a filter on the faucets. Spring water tastes so very good!
02-22-2011, 09:45 PM
#40
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Location: Wisconsin
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We live in the city, but are on the edge - so we don't have all the amenities of the city (yay!) - meaning we still have a well. We are borderline on nitrates, so we use an ro system to filter it, but otherwise we're very happy with the pure taste of WATER!
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