"Gary Coffman" wrote
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:02:50 GMT, "Peter Martin"
wrote:
I'm tired of spending money on solutions that don't work.

Anyone have any ideas?

Well, first I'd say that you have to realize that the drinking water
guidelines
are just a measure of whether the water is safe for human consumption.
They
don't mean you'll have clean, clear, mineral free water. Frankly, all
throughout
reading your tale of woe, the words "deep bored well" kept drifting
through my
mind.

I'm not too keen on shallow wells. The water doesn't receive enough
natural
filtration to suit me. Deep water usually (not always) means clean
water. My
water here comes from a 180 foot bored well. The water is clean,
clear, and
cold. There is also a shallow dug well on the property, and while it
never lacks
for water, the water is, well the best word is "icky". I wouldn't
drink it even though
the health department says it is safe.

Gary

Actually everything we pour on or bury in the ground, comes up later in
water somewhere. That makes the earth more like a sponge than filter.
And it's only been in the last 25 to 30 years that we finally realized
that the ground only filters stones and such, not liquids etc.. Those
things found in water that will harm us are all tasteless, colorless and
odorless... You can't know if they are present without specific water
analysis for them.

The deepest well I've worked on is 605' deep and was only two months
old. One of the problems was coliform bacteria and the month old baby
boy was sick. We also now know that bacteria is everywhere we look
except in space. We can't live with certain types of bacteria, but we
die without certain types too and all waters have some bacteria in
varying amounts until it is treated. The best water man can make is
deionized water and H2O (only) doesn't exist anywhere in nature. In many
areas, they don't call 180+ deep, our average well here is about 150'.

Gary
Quality Water Associates