I grew up on well water. It was fine. Problem is when it isn't fine, such as in an "urban" area where there's lots of people drawing water and lots of people d

I grew up on well water. It was fine. Problem is when it isn't fine, such as in an "urban" area where there's lots of people drawing water and lots of people dumping contaminants indiscriminately (common then). They may have "discovered" strong drinks at a point when the expanding American corn-farming industry discovered that moving whiskey was a whole lot more profitable per volume than dried corn.