Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
: On Jan 3, 2005, at 23:07, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:>
:> Yowsas! I thought MN was supposed to be the land of 10,000
:> lakes?
: well it is - if you want to drink water that tastes like what you can
: get out of a lake with a bucket, feel free to dig to 10', and you'll
: have it. you've got to get through bedrock to get out of the fishy
: water and ground contaminents, and in my county that means the shallow
: aquifer at 150' or so, or the deeper (supposedly better, definitely
: more iron and less sand) aquifer around 375-400'
Hmmm - unless your well drillers work a heck of a lot cheaper than
the ones in our area, I think I'd drill a 60' well or so (or better
yet, drop a hose in a nearby lake if convenient) ;-) then install a
chlorinator & purifier ($500-1,000) in the basement and use the
truckload of cash I saved for truck parts or somethin'. :-)
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