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Just had my water system replaced today, to a new softener/iron and sulfur remover, and general filter system.

Living on a well has its advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage is that this was very expensive. Advantage is that I don't have to pay for municipal water.

In a hurricane, with no power, I have a generator to run the well pump. City water may be shut off for weeks because of contamination from the treatment plant not working properly.

Just wondering: How many of Ya'll use a well for water?
 
mrducks said:
Just had my water system replaced today, to a new softener/iron and sulfur remover, and general filter system.

Living on a well has its advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage is that this was very expensive. Advantage is that I don't have to pay for municipal water.

In a hurricane, with no power, I have a generator to run the well pump. City water may be shut off for weeks because of contamination from the treatment plant not working properly.

Just wondering: How many of Ya'll use a well for water?
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That sulfur remover is essential. My uncle in Parish had the worst smelling water I've ever encountered. I was a kid, but taking a shower and brushing your teeth with rotten egg smelling water was awful.
 
mrducks said:
Just had my water system replaced today, to a new softener/iron and sulfur remover, and general filter system.

Living on a well has its advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage is that this was very expensive. Advantage is that I don't have to pay for municipal water.

In a hurricane, with no power, I have a generator to run the well pump. City water may be shut off for weeks because of contamination from the treatment plant not working properly.

Just wondering: How many of Ya'll use a well for water?
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We have a sand point well at my family cabin, no sulfer, just high iron. It's fine to shower in, but bring my own water for cooking and brushing teeth.
 
BrokenThreads said:
We have a sand point well at my family cabin, no sulfer, just high iron. It's fine to shower in, but bring my own water for cooking and brushing teeth.
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Probably better water there than here.

I'm tapping off the Florida aquifer the has been tapped into far north of me into Kissimmee and Orlando. The flow seems to be to south in the aquifer, so by the time it gets to me, water is not as good and wells have to be dug deeper.

Overall, the water is pretty good. I grew up as a kid in Maryland on well water, and I can remember that water was much worse than this Florida aquifer water.
 
mrducks said:
Just had my water system replaced today, to a new softener/iron and sulfur remover, and general filter system.

Living on a well has its advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage is that this was very expensive. Advantage is that I don't have to pay for municipal water.

In a hurricane, with no power, I have a generator to run the well pump. City water may be shut off for weeks because of contamination from the treatment plant not working properly.

Just wondering: How many of Ya'll use a well for water?
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I had one for a few years when I lived in the woods. Our water was super high in iron, arsenic, and had some sulfur as well. We could bathe in it, but it was far from drinkable. That's where my first daughter was born, and it was a pain in the balls giving her a bath because I had to use our transported drinking water and heat it on the stove. We couldn't trust her not to swallow any of it. And if you ever made the mistake of using any water when the softener was going through its overnight cycle, iron stains would ensue.
 
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