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Posted by Dan on March 7, 2007, 10:58 pm
My wife & I are looking at houses on the outskirts of the Seattle area. I
posted awhile back about septic systems, which many of these houses have &
which I had never experienced, & got some good feedback. Often, these same
houses have well water, which outside of those hand operated pumps in parks
etc., I haven't really had much contact with. I'm sure it varies from one
well to another, but in general, what's it like living with well water? You
hear horror stories about whole neighborhoods having their wells
contaminated from some long abandoned factory etc. Also about the water
having a bad taste sometimes, being exceptionally hard, so it's tough on
fixtures, clothes washed in it, your skin, and so on. I'm guessing there
are filtration systems you can install, as well as water softeners. Is
there generally a pump present? Any helpful observations appreciated!
Dan
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Posted by Toller on March 7, 2007, 11:05 pm
> Any helpful observations appreciated!
>
Talk to your neighbors. Around here, wells are dreadfully hard, but that
might not be the case where you are.
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Posted by Dan on March 7, 2007, 11:12 pm
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>> Any helpful observations appreciated!
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> Talk to your neighbors. Around here, wells are dreadfully hard, but that
> might not be the case where you are.
Thanks for the reply. Where we live now we have municipal water, we're not
living in a well area yet. Maybe the county could provide some info though,
I'll try calling them tomorrow.
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Posted by mm on March 8, 2007, 2:18 am
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>>
>>> Any helpful observations appreciated!
>>>
>> Talk to your neighbors. Around here, wells are dreadfully hard, but that
>> might not be the case where you are.
>
>Thanks for the reply. Where we live now we have municipal water, we're not
>living in a well area yet. Maybe the county could provide some info though,
>I'll try calling them tomorrow.
He meant, Talk to your prospective neighbors.
On this issue, you probably won't have the problem I did. I went next
to the townhouse next door and asked the neighbor what the n'hood was
like. She said it was nice, there were no real problems. What she
left out is that she was the real problem, at least her dog which
barked from 11 to 11:15 at night, and from 6:45 to 7 in the morning,
preventing me from getting a full 8 hours sleep. It drove me crazy,
and they didn't like it much either but they didnt' get rid of it
until it started negative interacting with their new baby. Thank
goodness for that, or I'd be in a mental hospital now, or I would have
killed the dog. This doesn't seem relevant to you except to say that
people don't notice their own faults.
I would also say, Look at all the sinks for traces of deposits, and
take a drink from the faucet. not just the kitchen faucet which might
have some sort of filter (although you can look under the sink) but
the bathroom and laundry faucets. maybe it tastes ok because of
equipment they installed, but at least then the equipemnet is already
installed. Look in the basement to see what equipment is installed.
If I weren't sure, I might take a quart or two of water home, to taste
it at my leisure, or to compare with your current water, or to test it
in ways you can't do at someone else's house. Bring your own bottles.
I think I had a girlfriend who had little more than a pump, but the
first summer I knew her she said her well went dry, and for 6 weeks
she carted in water from work. Tap water, of course. Finally she got
tired of this and called someone to find out her pump was broken! And
the well was not dry. I think the house was only 2 to 5 years old.
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Posted by Dan on March 8, 2007, 2:53 am
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>>
>>>
>>>> Any helpful observations appreciated!
>>>>
>>> Talk to your neighbors. Around here, wells are dreadfully hard, but
>>> that
>>> might not be the case where you are.
>>
>>Thanks for the reply. Where we live now we have municipal water, we're
>>not
>>living in a well area yet. Maybe the county could provide some info
>>though,
>>I'll try calling them tomorrow.
>
> He meant, Talk to your prospective neighbors.
>
The houses are fairly spread apart. I'm not sure one person's OK well would
translate into mine being OK. Plus as you suggest (and as did the well
driller), they may not know what they're talking about. And even if it
tastes fine, unless they have it tested, they may not know about other
issues.
> On this issue, you probably won't have the problem I did. I went next
> to the townhouse next door and asked the neighbor what the n'hood was
> like. She said it was nice, there were no real problems. What she
> left out is that she was the real problem, at least her dog which
I can really relate to that. I like dogs & have owned 3, none right now,
but I really, REALLY can't stand people who allow their dogs to bark. We
decided against one very promising house because on our 3 visits to the
property, the idiots next door were allowing their THREE dogs to bark
incessantly. Just not worth the aggravation.
> I would also say, Look at all the sinks for traces of deposits, and
> take a drink from the faucet. not just the kitchen faucet which might
> have some sort of filter (although you can look under the sink) but
> the bathroom and laundry faucets. maybe it tastes ok because of
> equipment they installed, but at least then the equipemnet is already
> installed. Look in the basement to see what equipment is installed.
> > If I weren't sure, I might take a quart or two of water home, to taste
> it at my leisure, or to compare with your current water, or to test it
> in ways you can't do at someone else's house. Bring your own bottles.
>
Agreed about the stains in sinks, etc. But the house has been completely
redone, everything is new, including the sinks, so that's no help. So far
we have only seen the inside of the house at night. I'm planning to drive
up there tomorrow to get a look at the area in the daytime. The house is
currently vacant; I may take along a distilled water jug & grab a sample
from an outside tap. We do like this house, very nicely redone & just about
everything we're looking for. But the water thing is a pretty major issue.
On the other hand, where we live now, our our total water/sewer bill is
about $170 every 2 months. On one recent bill, ~$60 of this was water
service, ~$35 was storm & surface water service, & ~$80 was wastewater
service. Don't know how the storm & surface would be handled in a
septic/well area, but at least the water/wastewater savings would be there.
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