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The entire point of ‘raw water’ is that it’s unfiltered and untreated (no UV) and from a spring. I think you may have missed a few details from the article.

blfr 9y ago
Isn't spring just a naturally occurring well? Honest question, I have lived in a city my whole life and I would have boiled or at least purified water from either. OTOH, I drink unpasteurized milk so can't judge.
- wand3r 9y ago
  I have a well. I am not an authority on them but growing up having one I know it is treated. Our water is "hard" so it goes through a softener which requires a massive amount of salt. There are numerous filters in the basement as well. It isn't pumped from the ground directly to the tap and the system maintainers come and test it periodically when they do maintenance
  - flogic 9y ago
    That's some wells. When I was growing up, my parents' well was pretty much untreated. The water was a acidic so that first morning drink of water tasted of copper. I suspect most of the safety came from arranging the conditions so the water would be safe by default. There is a minimum depth for the well and it needs to be a certain distance from the septic system.
- ghaff 9y ago
  Pretty much. A spring does imply water coming to the surface naturally. However, in practice, a large bottler is probably pumping water from an underground aquifer in any case. In my experience, people don't routinely treat well water before drinking it.
ghaff 9y ago
I don't know the details of this particular "spring" but generally speaking there's not necessarily anything especially dangerous about water pumped from an underground water source. As the parent noted, it's really no different from the well water that many many people routinely drink without any treatment. Yes, this is a silly trend and I wouldn't personally be inclined to drink untreated water that's gone through unknown to me processing and packaging procedures. But water doesn't inherently need to be treated to be drunk regardless of its source.
Alex3917 9y ago
> The entire point of ‘raw water’ is that it’s unfiltered and untreated Applying UV light wouldn't make the water non-raw, since it's not heated above 104 degrees or whatever raw food people believe is the magic number.
- djrogers 9y ago
  Applying the UV alight would kill the ‘good’ bacteria and organisms the living water fans are so interested in ingesting.

blfr 9y ago

Isn't spring just a naturally occurring well? Honest question, I have lived in a city my whole life and I would have boiled or at least purified water from either. OTOH, I drink unpasteurized milk so can't judge.

wand3r 9y ago
I have a well. I am not an authority on them but growing up having one I know it is treated. Our water is "hard" so it goes through a softener which requires a massive amount of salt. There are numerous filters in the basement as well. It isn't pumped from the ground directly to the tap and the system maintainers come and test it periodically when they do maintenance
- flogic 9y ago
  That's some wells. When I was growing up, my parents' well was pretty much untreated. The water was a acidic so that first morning drink of water tasted of copper. I suspect most of the safety came from arranging the conditions so the water would be safe by default. There is a minimum depth for the well and it needs to be a certain distance from the septic system.
ghaff 9y ago
Pretty much. A spring does imply water coming to the surface naturally. However, in practice, a large bottler is probably pumping water from an underground aquifer in any case. In my experience, people don't routinely treat well water before drinking it.

ghaff 9y ago

I don't know the details of this particular "spring" but generally speaking there's not necessarily anything especially dangerous about water pumped from an underground water source. As the parent noted, it's really no different from the well water that many many people routinely drink without any treatment. Yes, this is a silly trend and I wouldn't personally be inclined to drink untreated water that's gone through unknown to me processing and packaging procedures. But water doesn't inherently need to be treated to be drunk regardless of its source.

Alex3917 9y ago

> The entire point of ‘raw water’ is that it’s unfiltered and untreated Applying UV light wouldn't make the water non-raw, since it's not heated above 104 degrees or whatever raw food people believe is the magic number.

djrogers 9y ago
Applying the UV alight would kill the ‘good’ bacteria and organisms the living water fans are so interested in ingesting.