Spring Water

[ponytug]

@Cycledude why not get your spring water tested if you have concerns? The DNR has a list of certified/approved labs;

Laboratories | | Wisconsin DNR

dnr.wisconsin.gov

Not zero cost.

All the best, Peter

 

[Cycledude]

@Cycledude why not get your spring water tested if you have concerns? The DNR has a list of certified/approved labs;

Laboratories | | Wisconsin DNR

dnr.wisconsin.gov

Not zero cost.

All the best, Peter

Not sure why you think I’m concerned about the spring water safety, I’m actually very confident it’s some of the best water in the state of Wisconsin

 

[WinterDeere]

Not sure why you think I’m concerned about the spring water safety, I’m actually very confident it’s some of the best water in the state of Wisconsin

I suspect he was responding to this:

I quit drinking it a few years ago because of all the stuff on the news about possible issues.

 

[Cycledude]

I suspect he was responding to this:

Dug well here was dug around 1964, as far as I know the water has never been tested. Never has given me any trouble but I quit drinking it a few years ago because of all the stuff on the news about possible issues. There is free spring water about 12 miles from here so that’s where I get most of my drinking and cooking water from, it was upgraded by the state probably 20 years ago and supposedly is some of the cleanest water in the state of Wisconsin, it’s out in the middle of nowhere and every time I go there are other people there filling up with water. Yes I am aware if I ever want to sell my place the dug well and septic system will most likely cause problems for people needing to get a loan from a bank. They say around here any time property changes hands the state gets involved and comes out to inspect stuff and that causes all kinds of trouble.

Yes maybe he misunderstood what was posted, guess he didn’t realize I was referring to the water from my hand dug well that has never been tested, I really don’t think there’s anything wrong with it but since the free spring water is so easy to get and supposedly some of the best water in the state that’s what I mostly use these days. Most of the other folks I see getting free spring water are getting it for making coffee because they say it tastes a lot better than the city water where they happen to live.
There are also folks that laugh about folks driving out there for supposedly some of the best water in the state, they claim it isn’t any better than city water.

 

[WinterDeere]

I will agree that city water makes terrible coffee, due to most of it being chlorinated. I don't know how people who live in areas with city water deal with that, but I'd suspect just filling a jug the night before and letting the chlorine dissipate a few hours or a day before using it, probably helps a lot. I guess a lot of water filtration systems are also aimed at removing most of the chlorine, at least below the taste threshold.

 

[Cycledude]

I grew up on a dairy farm that had excellent tasting drinking water from a drilled well so it has been pretty normal for me not to like city water from most cities, yes I can drink it but it just doesn’t taste very good.

 

[brewdog]

@brewdog How do you have your RO set up? What does your RO recycling mean? Just curious.

All the best,

Peter

Hey ponytug, RO is reverse osmosis. Salt Tank and Filter. My Tank is set up to regenerate every 28 days because my iron and hardness in the spring water is very low.

 

[ponytug]

Hey ponytug, RO is reverse osmosis. Salt Tank and Filter. My Tank is set up to regenerate every 28 days because my iron and hardness in the spring water is very low.

We have an RO here, too, I just wasn't sure what you meant by regenerate. The water softener? Or do you have a RO system that an automatic clean of the membrane (e.g. flushes the membrane at high speed, with a cleaning agent, and than applies some permeate to clean things up)?

I am always curious how others have their systems set up. I change the pre/post filters on my RO system regularly, and monitor the TDS of the permeate (and input) water to track the water quality. We use a 10gallon lined pressure tank that lets us manually run a cycle to produce permeate in a large batch once every ten days or so. It is a big improvement on the tap water.

All the best,

Peter

 

[NorTracNY]

Sadly, despite the offer being verbally accepted, the realtor called me later in the day of the contract being signed and told me the seller changed their mind and signed a lower offer they received prior to mine. I'll never really know the true story.

 

[rontaki]

Water is best when everything else is filtered out of it except the beer!