Gryphonn
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We used to live on a block (73 acres) in some land that was mostly limestone cave country. Our block was in a valley that had caves to wazoo 'upstream' from us.A lot of our foods are adulterated. If you can, make it from scratch, try to stay away from "convenience".
On one hand I'm very glad we're on well water, on the other I hope to soon afford a good filter (you guys should see what it does to our toilets and plumbing, and my garden doesn't like it so well, either). For the most part, though, I'm glad we've got our own water source, for more reasons than just the fluoride and treatment issues. I'm also VERY glad that it's a very, very deep well.
Our well...we call them bores over here, was 75 feet deep, but was in water at 45. The underground water in this area was different to the typical Artesian Basin water. In most places, water tables or other underground water masses lay more or less in a horizontal plane.
Where we were, the limestone fissures in the underlying bedrock were more vertical due to its past life. The area back millions of years ago was part of a coral reef that, as millennia passed, got turned on its edge and forced upward. You could drill in one spot and find nothing, then drill 6 feet to one side of that hole and find some huge 1000 gallon an hour supply.
But, the water did have its problems. It was very clean, but it was also very high in calcium from the limestone that it was in. It was OK for crop water, but not to drink. It was also perfectly fine for showering in.
We used two 25 litre (5 gallon) containers and filled them from a good supply in the local village.
I'm stoned and rambling again