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"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald
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My problem with all water along the SE coast is they are way to soft
and
you can taste and actually smell the limestone. The water in Myrtle
Beach has got to the worst water I have ever tasted, and it is
impossible to completely rinse off in the shower.

On the other hand, NYC has the best tasting water in the world.
Which is why they have the best tasting pizza.

I had forgotten about Florida well water and the contraptions of tanks
and salt bins used to make it useable. Even with new carbon filters
plus the salt and something else that I can't remember, you could
still
smell sulfur.

I miss the mid-winter weather, but I don't miss the water.

Eisboch

Water comes out of my well at 7.4PH No need for a softener. We do have
a
chlorine sanitizing system so there is no taste or odor. There was a
sulpher smell to the water when we first moved in but it went away when
the filter was turned on. I didn't notice any water problems at your
place
but then I don't recall drinking any. ;-)

When we first purchased the "Ranch House", the water was terrible. We
had
the whole water conditioning system ripped out and replaced with a new
system that included a carbon filter tank. It worked fine, but needed
monthly maintenance, even though it was supposed to be fully "automatic"
in
terms of regeneration.

But, you correct. We rarely drank water unless it was premixed with hops
and barley and came in a keg.

Eisboch

Our place in Wyoming is at 8000' and does not have a well. The
probability of hitting water is poor. Our neighbor drilled 1500' and
only gets about 40 gal/day. Drilling costs are over $30/ft. SO, the
solution is to have a big cistern and to haul water. You cannot haul
any more than about 300 gal at a time because the road up the mountain
is seriously treacherous in winter and even in summer is scary hauling
a shifting load of water. This means you learn to use water as if you
are living on a boat.
We want to put in the cistern this next summer but we disagree on the
size. She wants a 3000 gal one and I want the 1750 gal one. They
have to be buried at least a foot under ground and this is in a place
where we are likely to hit rock 2' down, meaning blasting which is
expensive. Furhtermore, such a buried cistern must be kept about 1/4
full all the time meaning I have to haul a lot of loads just for the
minimum. Run-off from the roof of any moderate sized cabin would be
only enough integrated over a year to provide enough water for a
couple of months.
As we cannot agree on this or even on the size of cabin to build, I
will simply use the existing 100 yr old log cabin (430 sq ft, huge for
that time period) but I plan to add a 500 gal above ground tank for
summer use.

Bigger catch basin. Pt. Reyes lighthouse has a huge cistern and many square
yards of concrete for catching the fog moisture and filling the cistern.
Almost never rains on the point. Sticks a long way out into the ocean.