Spring water into home
29 May 2007, 01:58 PM
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Spring water into home
Hope someone can help.
We're looking into buying a new house and the house is fed with "spring water" not mains that we've been using.
Has anyone got any knowledge with spring water? filters if needed, water shortage, electrical pump, contamination etc........
Really interested in the house, it's the water that's putting us off a little as we can't seem to talk to anyone who knows. Only the environmental health and they didn't say it was that great with a young family.
Any help would be really good.
Thanks
Adam
We're looking into buying a new house and the house is fed with "spring water" not mains that we've been using.
Has anyone got any knowledge with spring water? filters if needed, water shortage, electrical pump, contamination etc........
Really interested in the house, it's the water that's putting us off a little as we can't seem to talk to anyone who knows. Only the environmental health and they didn't say it was that great with a young family.
Any help would be really good.
Thanks
Adam
29 May 2007, 02:07 PM
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Its alright-ish, but the quality can vary and be contaminated easily you also need to analyse the water quality periodically. Is it far from a mains water supply?
29 May 2007, 02:41 PM
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I'd have a chat with the water company and see what they have to say. It will probably taste terrific. But you would need to get it tested every now and again. The main concern would be faecal contamination and the test would look for the presence of E-Coli.
Might be worth checking how far the mains supply is in case your supply dried up in future or was contaminated. You'll probably end up with a small borehole and submersible pump; I think you will need a licence to extract a certain volume per year.
If worried give the kids bottled water from a tap or a supemarket bottle. You can probably get stuff like a dilute chlorine solution to tip into your storage tank to kill off any bugs.
Might be worth checking how far the mains supply is in case your supply dried up in future or was contaminated. You'll probably end up with a small borehole and submersible pump; I think you will need a licence to extract a certain volume per year.
If worried give the kids bottled water from a tap or a supemarket bottle. You can probably get stuff like a dilute chlorine solution to tip into your storage tank to kill off any bugs.
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I'd have a chat with the water company and see what they have to say. It will probably taste terrific. But you would need to get it tested every now and again. The main concern would be faecal contamination and the test would look for the presence of E-Coli.
Might be worth checking how far the mains supply is in case your supply dried up in future or was contaminated. You'll probably end up with a small borehole and submersible pump; I think you will need a licence to extract a certain volume per year.
If worried give the kids bottled water from a tap or a supemarket bottle. You can probably get stuff like a dilute chlorine solution to tip into your storage tank to kill off any bugs.
Might be worth checking how far the mains supply is in case your supply dried up in future or was contaminated. You'll probably end up with a small borehole and submersible pump; I think you will need a licence to extract a certain volume per year.
If worried give the kids bottled water from a tap or a supemarket bottle. You can probably get stuff like a dilute chlorine solution to tip into your storage tank to kill off any bugs.
29 May 2007, 05:27 PM
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my best frieands house is fed by spring water they have a filter system but they cant let there baby drink the water due to the sodium in it i think?!? when they rang the water company to ask about the filters they tried to charge them for the water !!!!!!
29 May 2007, 07:51 PM
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We never had mains water where I grew up in Cornwall until I was in my early teens. Before that it was rainwater or, if dry for a few weeks, a trip to the local well fed from a spring in the woods behind our house. None of my family ever had any problems caused by *dodgy* water. This was despite having no filters or chemicals etc. And the spring being lower than a nearby field that was often used for cattle. People today are too ready to believe all the cr*p they hear/read in the media.
I'd not be too cavalier about it but I believe you would have an ultra violet filtration system to kill bugs. Google is your best mate here. Look up what people have done with rainwater harvesting - and thus filtering the water/killing bugs.
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Dave
I'd not be too cavalier about it but I believe you would have an ultra violet filtration system to kill bugs. Google is your best mate here. Look up what people have done with rainwater harvesting - and thus filtering the water/killing bugs.
Cheers
Dave
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We have been on spring water in our house for about 15 years. It is lovely to drink and makes an outstanding cup of tea-the real test
We had it analysed and it was purer than the mains water except that it has some manganese in it which is of no concern. It remains clear as gin even when boiled. We do not have filters and it never changes its quality.
Certainly get it analysed od course, but I would favour that much more than mains water which has been re-cycled many times.
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We had it analysed and it was purer than the mains water except that it has some manganese in it which is of no concern. It remains clear as gin even when boiled. We do not have filters and it never changes its quality.
Certainly get it analysed od course, but I would favour that much more than mains water which has been re-cycled many times.
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As I am sure you appreciate the water is "soft" because it runs straight off the surface of the land, Cornish/Devon granite being impervious. Ladies love it for washing hair
In the SE it could well be water from the underlying chalk which will be "hard" because of its mineral content. Tastes better than soft because of this.
In the SE it could well be water from the underlying chalk which will be "hard" because of its mineral content. Tastes better than soft because of this.
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Personally I'd be delighted to have spring water. No water rates, hosepipe bans etc!
However I would get the water quality checked, and then you'll know if you need to have it filtered etc.
You won;t need any bulk storage will you?
However I would get the water quality checked, and then you'll know if you need to have it filtered etc.
You won;t need any bulk storage will you?
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