Darrell wrote:I talked with the brother in law about this over the holidays--water quality and testing is what he does for a living. He concurred on the water quality being the problem in Louisiana, he basically described the water there as being "alive". My municipal water should be GTG, as it comes from around timberline, and is treated to a much higher quality/purity than older/lower watershed systems generally are. As for his well water, he tests it regularly. The "whang" in the water is mineralization, iron and such in the water. It is bug free.
I can remember several times in New Orleans when someone would drop the ball or something would go wrong and muni water would have chunks and bits of toilet paper in it. Once, a Wendy's in Kenner actually handed me a can of Coke with my order. The most recent boil order I know of was Nov of '10. Which would explain why my folks are on a 500' deep well...
Ya know, unless you're at the top of the watershed, you're drinking someone else's recycled sewage...
Darrell wrote:Ya know, unless you're at the top of the watershed, you're drinking someone else's recycled sewage...
If it's rained lately "recycled" is could be a bit of a stretch.
ALL water is recycled sewage it's just a question of how recently, and how well.
If you're finding used condoms, your water is underdone and you should send it back.
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Darrell wrote:I talked with the brother in law about this over the holidays--water quality and testing is what he does for a living. He concurred on the water quality being the problem in Louisiana, he basically described the water there as being "alive".
Bah. It just means our immune systems get trained up to a higher standard.
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