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littlemissmartypants

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17. My well water is horrible. I pay for county water but it hasn't arrived

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 29, 2024, 10:31 AM

Sep 2024

Yet and it's been two years. They tore up the property putting in the pipelines and the hydrants but not a drop flows through them.

Even though my well goes down eighty feet the water is hard, full of iron and lately I have noticed fine sand in containers I fill up and set aside for watering plants.

It's like the residue from sandpaper, very fine. Imagine what that would do to internal organs. I don't even like to wash in it. It dries out my skin and makes me itch. But I don't have a choice.

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Ditch Bottled Water Now: Hidden Health Risks and Environmental Damage Uncovered [View all] erronis Sep 2024 OP

Gonna have to convince consumers. Personally, I much prefer my refillable metal water bottles. Silent Type Sep 2024 #1

Me too. The steel vacuum bottles are great, filled with tap water. erronis Sep 2024 #2

When did we have to have water with us every minute of the day? CrispyQ Sep 2024 #3

Well, water itself isn't a bad thing, it's very healthy Wednesdays Sep 2024 #5

Some of us have medical conditions that require us to drink water. littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #16

Well duh, of course I get that. CrispyQ Sep 2024 #19

Thanks for your reply. It's a little OTT, IMO. littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #20

A million bottles a minute translates to some very big 24 hour numbers bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #4

And way too much of that plastic ends up in the environment, oceans, and in our bodies/cells. erronis Sep 2024 #10

I work in a food store. no_hypocrisy Sep 2024 #6

I was a delivery driver when bottled water first started to be a big deal. Anheuse Busch bombed with their first brewens Sep 2024 #7

Buy a filter. There are many types.. bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #11

Should be banned MichMan Sep 2024 #8

I avoid bottled water like the plague. Nothing but downsides for health and the environment. Martin68 Sep 2024 #9

When the tap water... 2naSalit Sep 2024 #12

Agree - and I've been there. But the large (gallon or larger) containers are probably safer erronis Sep 2024 #13

I buy gallon sized jugs... 2naSalit Sep 2024 #14

Me too, 2na. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #18

My well water is horrible. I pay for county water but it hasn't arrived littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #17

I drink tap water iemanja Sep 2024 #15