Do you know what the quality is like? Anyone else use it that you know of? If possible I'd see if there is a water quality assessment available for it. Good luck and congrats on the free water!
Well idk if anyone uses it for growing, but alot of people go and bottle there own water and drink it so I'd imagine the waters clean enough for human consumption
A natural spring near Fairbanks yields water with a higher EC than the municipal water there does.
Spring water is naturally filtered by passing through different media, like gravel and sand. The filtration may or may not remove harmful contaminants, and also may or may not add dissolved solids to the water passing through. Some of these dissolved solids could be heavy metals, pesticides, or antibiotics. The source/origin of the water needs to be considered too - this spring fed by rain/groundwater from a densely populated area, or possibly waste water from farm fields, or city storm runoff? Are there any industries nearby contaminating the soil?
This spring is in the middle of nowhere. EC is .4 so probably the same calcium, magnesium and high manganese found in the municipal supply. It’s totally usable for everything. Just posted this so people think to check EC and pH instead of thinking it’s somehow “pure”. Definitely not RO.
Wow thats a very low pH for such "clean" water (low PPMs). I'd try to find out what makes the pH so low by checking municipal water info, but, generally speaking, if your water supply isn't caustic then your plants can acclimate to it. I say go for it but still try to find out what makes it so acidic. Tap water usually leans alkaline.
Have watered my plants with nothing but spring water for over 40 years. Where I am here in the Blue Ridge mountains, the spring water has some of the lowest mineral count available. Less chemicals in the water means less chemicals the plants have to deal with
I got a free water test from Culligan once, it was worth what I paid.
5.3 ph sure isn't good for metal pipe or plumbing. It's why city water is over 7.0.
