Town all the way. The backward ways some of the older homes and property deeds were drawn up has me refusing to ever consider another home that's on a well.

Well water. My water tastes better than anything found bottled. Lucky to live on the side of a mountain and we have a generator.

I think it's important for kids to experience wild raging parties maybe just to see the stupidity of drunk adolescents. A lot of mistakes I've made will not be repeated and those learning moments are invaluable. The lessons might never have been learned without some stupidity in the first place. Yes the risk that can come from alcohol and young adults is high but a seminar at school won't change you like a first hand experience. This has all been pretty vague but maybe you get the point.

Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.

100% well water if it's a good well, luckily mine is. My well tank holds up pretty well during a power outage, and I'm getting solar/battery soon, so power outages longer than 8 hours won't be a concern any more.

My water tastes delicious, and is decent yield (10GPM) at a reasonable depth (220'), plus I'm on a ridge, ticks all the boxes.

I've driven an hour south to Killington a dozen times this winter and see the same houses with dead Christmas wreaths on the doors for the last 3 months. Imagine having a ski home you don't even visit during ski season? Drives me crazy.

Great to hear state police are focused on all those underaged drinking parties that are killing hundreds…. Oh wait that’s the heroin dealers I forgot it’s so hard to keep up with their priorities. Laughable.

I’d prefer to not have fluoride added to my water, and we enjoy filtered water from our well, especially for coffee and baking.

Oh reverse osmosis. Got it.

with is RO?

My town stopped using flouride. It's good for teeth, not for drinking.

Depends on the well. My well water on a mountain in Franklin county is the most delicious and clean water I’ve ever experienced. It’s slightly high in iron and manganese but otherwise none of the other nasty things people experience with their well water.

I lived in Addison/Chittenden county previously with well water that was disgusting without extensive treatment and I would have taken town water any day.

Good well water > town water > bad well water

Well. Tastes so much better than town water. I grew up on town water and have had a well for the past 5+ years. Wont go back.

I was at a party in high school that was busted. Way fewer people than this one and the parents of the house were nobodies. It made the news.

Town water, I grew up on well water and it was not great.

We were on a mtn side here...72 75gal/min well...best tasting water I ever had...miss it everyday...

EDIT: Added entry from our OG VT Well Driller reports:

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>Well Use Code:01 = Domestic

>Reason for Well Code:1 = New Supply

>Drilling Equipment Code:

>Total Depth of Well (in feet):199.00

>Yield (in GPM):75.00

>Yield Test Tested For (in hours):1.00

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If you are looking to decide on a well vs town water, use the resources available to see what type of water is accessible to your land by viewing your neighbors well information. Provides a good estimate of cost + potential GPM.

Yeah definitely.

When I’ve spoken to multiple parents of children who were in attendance, I’d say I probably have better information than what is being put forth in this article

Ok. Maple taste off.

I grew up in Franklin County. Worked with some of the big namea up there as a grunt. They all use RO now. I think most places do.

I have never heard of steam to boil though. But yes, wood vs gas vs oil matters. I think it is unfair to try to sweep "Quebec" into any single method though. Just as presumptuous as assuming any of VT is better then all of Quebec.

Town water so when the power goes out, I still have heat (wood stove) and water. I wouldn't mind having a separate well for gardening and such though.

Well water with a RO system.

Well always

Source: I have no source.

Town water. My parents have a well, and it has been a pain from day one. Their old well was fine, but the new one has issues with iron bacteria, and even with a chlorinator in place, there’s like a 50/50 chance when they come home from a trip that the bacteria will have made it’s way into the pipes. The amount of time that my parents have had to flush out their whole system is bonkers. Lesson learned: I’m not buying a house that doesn’t have town water

I was lucky and my parents had good dental, so got the treatments. A lot of my friends growing up didn't or couldn't though, and ouch

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