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And it works the same as the bottled water, too! Try it.
Edit: I've heard that well water is even healthier for you in some cases, as it can contain more natural minerals...anyone know anything about this, or do I need new friends?
Well water in Middle TN filters through limestone picking up calcium and magnesium from the rock along with very small amounts of sulfur. The calcium and magnesium are actually good for you if in significant quantities and the sulfur has no real effect.
Most of the water also has iron in it which may or may not be absorbable by your system depending on which oxidation state it is in.
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Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 23, 2008 22:47:07 GMT -5
troo said:
oopsikillednana said:
And it works the same as the bottled water, too! Try it.
Edit: I've heard that well water is even healthier for you in some cases, as it can contain more natural minerals...anyone know anything about this, or do I need new friends?
Well water in Middle TN filters through limestone picking up calcium and magnesium from the rock along with very small amounts of sulfur. The calcium and magnesium are actually good for you if in significant quantities and the sulfur has no real effect.
Most of the water also has iron in it which may or may not be absorbable by your system depending on which oxidation state it is in.
I'm sorry but you would have to be crazy to drink well water, instead of bottled water, which is either spring water, filtered well water, filtered river water, or other. (most likely the second). It's much better for the environment to use imported petroleum to make plastic bottles, fill them with one of the above, ship it hundreds to thousands of miles, have contents converted to urine, divert 90% of the empties to landfills, maybe 10% to recycling, repeat.
And there are no regulations stating what bottled water is. It must only meet the same drinking water standards that city water and well water must meet. In fact many bottled waters are just tap water. Spring water can be city tap water that originated from a spring and spring water is actually just surface occuring well water.
I drink distilled water at home because my well is surrounded by subdivisions with septic tanks. Distilled water is the only bottled water with a defined treatment process.
If you drink bottled water, check to see what, if any, processes are used. Reverse osmosis is best, distillation is good.
Now maybe we should get back to false rumors like "Bottled water is always better for you."
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Post by easymorningrebel on Mar 24, 2008 16:43:56 GMT -5
sunnyd said:
I had a friend try to tell me Clear Channel was the promoter of Bonnaroo. I just kind of stared at him and then explained that he's totally wrong. I don't think he believed me though.
same here, multiple people over the years...I sorta like that some people insist this rumor is true- it keeps them away!! lol
Post by GratefulHippie on Mar 24, 2008 18:46:44 GMT -5
They're moving Bonnaroo to Texas next year. They bought the farm. They're staying there. Not to mention, if they moved to Texas, they'd have to compete with Austin City Limits Fest and Fun Fun Fun Fest
well, technically there would be no competition. ACL is in september, and FFF Fest is in november. however, austin does have noise rules which would pretty much cancel out any latenight, unless they went outside the city limits to some huge piece of land.
I'm sorry but you would have to be crazy to drink well water, instead of bottled water, which is either spring water, filtered well water, filtered river water, or other. (most likely the second). It's much better for the environment to use imported petroleum to make plastic bottles, fill them with one of the above, ship it hundreds to thousands of miles, have contents converted to urine, divert 90% of the empties to landfills, maybe 10% to recycling, repeat.
That is not true, bottled water can be anything. Nestle used to bottle water from a spring in Celina, TN; about 40 miles north of where I live.
The spring ran dry over ten years ago and they still bottle water, but now they just bottle the towns tap water.
And tap water is actually a little better for you, mainly your teeth because of the fluoride they add.
I'm sorry but you would have to be crazy to drink well water, instead of bottled water, which is either spring water, filtered well water, filtered river water, or other. (most likely the second). It's much better for the environment to use imported petroleum to make plastic bottles, fill them with one of the above, ship it hundreds to thousands of miles, have contents converted to urine, divert 90% of the empties to landfills, maybe 10% to recycling, repeat.
That is not true, bottled water can be anything. Nestle used to bottle water from a spring in Celina, TN; about 40 miles north of where I live.
The spring ran dry over ten years ago and they still bottle water, but now they just bottle the towns tap water.
And tap water is actually a little better for you, mainly your teeth because of the fluoride they add.
I think you missed the sarcastic overtones of his entire post
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Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 25, 2008 12:47:57 GMT -5
levus said:
southgajd said:
I'm sorry but you would have to be crazy to drink well water, instead of bottled water, which is either spring water, filtered well water, filtered river water, or other. (most likely the second). It's much better for the environment to use imported petroleum to make plastic bottles, fill them with one of the above, ship it hundreds to thousands of miles, have contents converted to urine, divert 90% of the empties to landfills, maybe 10% to recycling, repeat.
That is not true, bottled water can be anything. Nestle used to bottle water from a spring in Celina, TN; about 40 miles north of where I live.
The spring ran dry over ten years ago and they still bottle water, but now they just bottle the towns tap water.
And tap water is actually a little better for you, mainly your teeth because of the fluoride they add.
The point I was trying to make was that bottled water can come from many different sources and isn't necessarily "better" or healthier than what can be obtained locally for free or that if you don't like the taste of the local water, there are better alternatives to expending all the energy and creating all the waste that goes into producing and distributing bottled water.
Post by GratefulHippie on Mar 25, 2008 12:55:49 GMT -5
i am probably one of the MOST picky people when it comes to water, and i had no problems whatsoever when it came to bonnaroo's water.
this is coming from someone who brushed her teeth with bottled water for the first month or so of college because the town's water was full of minerals. bleh.
I think you missed the sarcastic overtones of his entire post
I got it, but a lot of people feel very strongly about tap v.s. bottled. I used to work at a kennel for dogs, and some people would not let us give their dogs tap water, they HAD to have bottled water.
And I'm sure everyone has seen people drinking 'fiji' water, what a rip off IMO.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 25, 2008 16:34:21 GMT -5
levus said:
bos1969 said:
I think you missed the sarcastic overtones of his entire post
I got it, but a lot of people feel very strongly about tap v.s. bottled. I used to work at a kennel for dogs, and some people would not let us give their dogs tap water, they HAD to have bottled water.
And I'm sure everyone has seen people drinking 'fiji' water, what a rip off IMO.
My dogs have always lived outside, but it's my understanding that most prefer toilet water to bottled or tap.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 25, 2008 19:57:52 GMT -5
stillh2o said:
I'll just drink the pond water!
:oIf you think you can get thru the highly aggresive venomous snakes, snapping turtles, killer catfish, jellyfish, Portugeuse Men of War, rabid beavers, leeches, and skinny-dipping Les Zeppelin band members, go for it.
:oIf you think you can get thru the highly aggresive venomous snakes, snapping turtles, killer catfish, jellyfish, Portugeuse Men of War, rabid beavers, leeches, and skinny-dipping Les Zeppelin band members, go for it.
Portugeuse Men of War....that's awesome...lol.
My girlfriend knew a guy who, while on the beach in Florida, proceeded to run up and down the beach trying to get everyone out of the water because he saw a portuguese man of war. Or so he thought. It turned out to just be some seaweed caught on a buoy. I guess most people weren't mad because of the severity of a man o war sting. They had a good laugh about the mix up though.
As for well water, I grew up on the stuff. In some cases, I think it tastes better than bottled. I guess it depends on what you're used to.
Post by billypilgrim on Mar 26, 2008 16:03:20 GMT -5
oopsikillednana said:
^^ There was a fun fact someone posted somewhere on this board a year or so ago: At its current location, Bonnaroo is within 500 miles of 80% of America's population.
Now hold on a second. California is the most populous state in the country (about 36 million). New York is 3rd (about 19 million). Both are more than 500 miles from Manchester, TN. That's about 18% of the population right there. I'm not buying it.
Post by sparklybecca on Mar 26, 2008 19:57:07 GMT -5
tbam said:
There was also a rumor locally that Six Flags was gonna buy the land..................how stupid..
every year its our tradich (and i know a lot of other ppls) to hit Cracker Barrel right after roo - and EVERY SINGLE YEAR our waitress mentions 6 flags, and asks us if we had a good time of course ;D