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john in la

06-07-2006 10:58:17

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There is a small town near here that has had a free flowing well that just runs out the ground for as long as anyone can remember. People come from miles away to put this water in jugs and take it home because it taste so good. The city tapped into this water to use in the city water system. After years of great clean water I saw in the news the other day that the state is stepping in and forcing the city to add chlorine and other chemicals to their water because that is the law.
This town has never failed a water quality test; In fact their untreated water consistently test better than the treated water from other towns in the area.

This just does not make sense to me. I live by the fact that if it is not broke why are you trying to fix it.
We live in the country and have all our lives. We drink well water and eat what we grow in our own yards.

This is just as bad as a guy that buys 3 acres on a newly closed and subdivide dairy farm so he can move to the country; but then forms a neighborhood committee to complain about the smell from the other dairy farms in the area.

Thanks for allowing me to rant.

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RP2

06-07-2006 22:25:46

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Re: O/T And they call this progress in reply to john in la, 06-07-2006 10:58:17

I suspect they're chlorinating the city water system to kill off the stuff that grows in the pipes and to protect against the occasional "cross connect" mistakes that hook a sewer main into a water main (it happens).

I remember years ago reading a story about a small town in New England that had a locally famous artesian well in the center of town. One time some college students did a project to determine the source of the water and why it tasted so good. Their investigation determined that the source was an open pool of water part way up a nearby hill outside of town and the remarkably good taste of the water was due to some rotten leaves and 2 dead squirrel carcasses in the pool! :-)

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Mark - IN.

06-07-2006 15:37:41

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Re: O/T And they call this progress in reply to john in la, 06-07-2006 10:58:17

Perhaps that just applies to the water that's being supplied to that town through an infrastructure? I don't know. Its entirely possible. Its hard to imagine regulating water that's not, or not being sold. But then again, are places all over the country that once a municipality decides its putting in water and sewer, you will cap yours and pay to tap into theirs, even if they have to annex your property to do it. And I recall a story some time back that in California, there's a county, or town, or towns that put meters on private wells and are billing the private parties for using water that they pump out of the ground, so... You can never tell.

View taxes for living on a hill, mountain, or lake. That's it...that's it...I feel the blood pressure going up, so good time to go outside and chop wood, eat later.

Mark

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Coloken

06-07-2006 13:00:08

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Re: O/T And they call this progress in reply to john in la, 06-07-2006 10:58:17

State rules can be different, but if it passes tests it would not be required to chlorinate. Fact that it requires chlorine to me indicates that it does not meet clean water standards. I know a small town that has clorinate iquipment but keeps them shut off because water is from deep wells and passes every test when they check..

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Illinois Boy

06-07-2006 11:41:21

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Re: O/T And they call this progress in reply to john in la, 06-07-2006 10:58:17

Hey John,
There's an Artisian Well just like that down the road from me. Not many people know it's there, but I've stopped to get a drink from it traveling from field to field or in the fall while deer hunting. Yeah, it's a shame that some people can't appreciate what's available from God without trying to make it better.
You're right about the dairy farm scenario... the country and the COUNTRY aint what it used to be!!

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