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In rural areas, safe drinking whatever is often up to you. You’ll have a well, and ideally you’ll get it inspected regularly. You should be able to control this
by pwthornton 5y ago
In rural areas, safe drinking whatever is often up to you. You’ll have a well, and ideally you’ll get it inspected regularly. You should be able to control this, unless there is something fouling all the water in the immediate area. But many people never inspect their wells, and there are way too many pathogens in their water.
I agree up with well water, a septic field, and no sidewalks. Never doing that again. I want to be apart of human progress and have modern infrastructure. The septic field was probably the worst.
- dwater 5y agoI agree. I didn’t want to go to in depth, but I imagine many people who grew up in the suburbs wouldn’t consider the quality of well water when looking at a rural home. How many would research nearby industry to see what might be polluting the groundwater? The mines and factories don’t put up signs saying “Our coal ash pond is leaking into the water table”. There is a lot of work in the modern world to minimize your exposure to environmental toxins and it’s not something we are taught or told we need to know.
- etempleton 5y agoI suppose it is something you just need to know. If you are looking at purchasing a home with a well have it inspected. Depending on where you live this may be a requirement for the sale of any home.