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pipi_k

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14. I'm sure I've mentioned plenty of times

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 11:05 AM

Mar 2015

about how we were using spring water at my house for a few years before installing a well.

Best tasting water ever. Even with parts and pieces of dead frog Mr Pipi found caught in the outflow pipe in the springhouse. Now that water flows into two ponds on the property, and we use a well, and like yours, it's iron infused.

If the water sits too long in one place, it stains everything brown.

The inside of my dishwasher (white plastic) gets horrible looking after about two or three months, and I don't even use it but maybe once a week. Various things remove the rust, like white vinegar spray, commercial rust stain remover, dishwasher cleaner, etc.

I can't even imagine what our innards must look like

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What's important to you? Water, maybe? [View all] Atman Mar 2015 OP

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drain the great lakes aikoaiko Mar 2015 #2

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And that international conflict would include all the states around the area being on the side of jwirr Mar 2015 #12

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NO jwirr Mar 2015 #10

we used lake water at the cottage for years. was actually better than the iron infused water pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #4

We used lake water in NH. Atman Mar 2015 #8

Most lakes that are surrounded by houses have sewage running into the lake. The fish are having jwirr Mar 2015 #11

That's why we filter all of our water. Atman Mar 2015 #15

When I worked in public health, I got assigned tracking down an infant death HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #25

I think most of the people out here are afraid of what is happening to our lake. Afraid enough to jwirr Mar 2015 #26

Listeria is known to occur in ~40 species of mammals and ~20 species of birds HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #28

Okay. I am glad that we are doing something about this lake (watershed) area. Hopefully the feds jwirr Mar 2015 #29

I'm sure I've mentioned plenty of times pipi_k Mar 2015 #14

Out here we all have water softeners to keep the rust out. How do you use the white vinegar spray? jwirr Mar 2015 #27

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+1000 Atman Mar 2015 #20

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