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FourteenthCylon t1_jd3ivwe wrote

Reply to If you could choose, would you prefer private well water or town water by kellogsmalone

If they're both quality I'd prefer the well. That way water is almost free, it's easy to shut off if you need to work on the plumbing, and I know nothing's being added to it. In practice though, my well water smells like a chicken laid a batch of rotten eggs in the middle of a hot spring. Filters take out most of the sulfur smell and taste, but I have to change the filters frequently and I still need a RO system to really make the water drinkable.

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bibliophile222 t1_jd3heoy wrote

Reply to comment by Otto-Korrect in If you could choose, would you prefer private well water or town water by kellogsmalone

I've almost never been as good at taking care of my teeth as I could have been, I eat my fair share of sugar, and I once went over a decade without going to the dentist, and I have still never had a cavity. I'm sure good tooth genetics plays a large part, but I've also had town water almost my whole life and got plenty of fluoride as a kid.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_jd3gpjr wrote

Reply to comment by Justagirlfromvt in We're #3. Not a yay. by RedRipeTomato

That doesn't excuse it in VT. In Vermont now, wages and costs are so far apart that the only people who can afford to live here are either working from home or independently wealthy. VT is running a sociological experiment to see what happens if you completely eliminate the workforce/working class in a state.

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amoebashephard t1_jd3g2ee wrote

Reply to If you could choose, would you prefer private well water or town water by kellogsmalone

I was just thinking about this again, and a comment I read earlier from someone about how they thought we could bring jobs to Vermont -they were mostly thinking along the lines of resource extraction.

Resource extraction is one of the biggest source points for pollution, whether it's logging, mining, etc through groundwater.

As illustrated by this question, lots of people are on well water, and there are several areas that already have really bad health issues due to well water-I'm mostly thinking Bridport, Orwell area, and then south to Yankee and then the pfa thing. We've already got a ton of water quality issues, we really need to be careful as a state how we build our economy so that we can actually survive here without getting sick

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MissJudgeGaming t1_jd3bojs wrote

Reply to comment by MizLucinda in If you could choose, would you prefer private well water or town water by kellogsmalone

I left a comment in regards to being pro town water, but also this exact sentiment.

My parents had a well and an animal rescue on the property. Without a generator, a bad storm knocked the power out and it was a disaster. You don't want to be in a position where you have no power and can't flush toilets.

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latinageologist t1_jd3a4pp wrote

Reply to If you could choose, would you prefer private well water or town water by kellogsmalone

As a scientist who informs Vermonters on problems with their private well water quality (who’s ironically on Winooski public water), town water all the way. Private wells are incredibly costly to maintain, and there’s no guarantee the water is safe (since it’s unregulated). You’ve gotta figure that out for yourself (with a nice $160 homeowner’s test kit). Not for me dawg. P.s. funding for private water treatment is very scarce, so people are often looking at thousands of $$$ for treatment installs.

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