John A. said:Let me ask an honest question. I'm not wanting to hijack the topic, but I have always wondered something.
I know where 3 or 4 streams start.
Meaning, I know where they first come out of the ground.
My question is how "clean" is that water?
That one stream, the water is so good. It's almost sweet tasting (lots of limestone and other natural deposits in that area). It tastes great and is like you took it straight out of the fridge on a hot day.
I started drinking it and drank until I sloshed when I walked.
I didn't get sick from it or anything and I have drank from it a few different occasions.
But I don't understand it being way back in the woods and nothing even nearby, and being on top of a mountain, there could be a lot "wrong" with it.
The mountain is pretty tall and what I was getting at there was there shouldn't be any contaminents seeping into the water level there from other places. When I mean it's remote, it really is. Nothing above that stream but sky.
Just curious what you guys thought about gathering from the headwaters of streams.
gathering water at the source is pretty safe.John A. said:Let me ask an honest question. I'm not wanting to hijack the topic, but I have always wondered something.
I know where 3 or 4 streams start.
Meaning, I know where they first come out of the ground.
My question is how "clean" is that water?
That one stream, the water is so good. It's almost sweet tasting (lots of limestone and other natural deposits in that area). It tastes great and is like you took it straight out of the fridge on a hot day.
I started drinking it and drank until I sloshed when I walked.
I didn't get sick from it or anything and I have drank from it a few different occasions.
But I don't understand it being way back in the woods and nothing even nearby, and being on top of a mountain, there could be a lot "wrong" with it.
The mountain is pretty tall and what I was getting at there was there shouldn't be any contaminents seeping into the water level there from other places. When I mean it's remote, it really is. Nothing above that stream but sky.
Just curious what you guys thought about gathering from the headwaters of streams.
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