GordonThree wrote:
What's wrong with tap water? Survived a long time on the stuff myself.
Absolutely nothing, unless you are in a third world country. Or Flint, Michigan. Oh, wait, Flint is not unique in this country, merely extreme.
I recall registering at a campground and being told that they were required by the State Department of Health to tell campers that their water system had failed the fecal coliform tests all public water systems were required to conduct frequently. They went on to insist that their water was perfectly safe, "it just didn't suit those State boys, for some reason."
Right!
When I was working on my MSc in water and waste water treatment, one of my professors told of discovering a farm at which the outhouse was about 25 feet from the well. It was a shallow well to boot, and when he mentioned to the farmer that that was a bad idea, he was told to mind his own business, the family had had that set up forever and they were all healthy as a horse.
The professor happened to have a couple 25 lb bags of salt he'd bought to recharge his water softener at home lying in the trunk of his car, so he pulled one of them out and dumped it into the outhouse. Two days later he got an angry phone call from the farmer because his well had suddenly turned salty.
We drink spring water at home, from a trusted (and tested) spring on our property, and we carry bottles of that water for drinking and cooking ever since staying at that campground. Please feel free to drink any water suits you. I'm gonna keep on doing what I do, too.
By the way, do be aware that the drinking water standards in this country are designed ONLY to prevent the outright and immediate poisoning and the immediate formation of plagues of disease. They are NOT designed to insure you have high quality drinking water.
