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verndoc50 · 03-29-2014, 05:31 PM

Our shallow well water is much much lower in iron than our deep (ostensibly drinking water) well. We don't drink it but use for everything else. If not treated it will stain the hell out of anything it touches. The shallow yard well does not do this.

Maybe you can compare with some neighbors? If they have shallow wells (really cheap to set up) you could compare measurements. We're hoping to get city water for drinking one of these days (when the city gets enough money or a city councilman moves to our street). I'll keep the other well for irrigation anyway.

BTW, even if you have a shallow well, you are bound by watering restrictions. Currently we are permitted to irrigate the yard (thus the nanners) on Thursdays and Sundays. We also have to pay the storm water drainage tax.

S.

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verndoc50 Location: Florida Zone: 10b Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 115 BananaBucks : 10,256 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 77 Times Was Thanked 109 Times in 58 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 123 Times	Re: City water vs well water Our shallow well water is much much lower in iron than our deep (ostensibly drinking water) well. We don't drink it but use for everything else. If not treated it will stain the hell out of anything it touches. The shallow yard well does not do this. Maybe you can compare with some neighbors? If they have shallow wells (really cheap to set up) you could compare measurements. We're hoping to get city water for drinking one of these days (when the city gets enough money or a city councilman moves to our street). I'll keep the other well for irrigation anyway. BTW, even if you have a shallow well, you are bound by watering restrictions. Currently we are permitted to irrigate the yard (thus the nanners) on Thursdays and Sundays. We also have to pay the storm water drainage tax. S.