On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:47:06 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Jo Anne wrote:
>
>> My MIL (20 miles from here) spent *years* having IBS-type symptoms.
>> Husband finally asked if she'd had her well tested recently. Well, no,
>> she hadn't, because "our water tastes just fine." So Husband got a
>> test kit and did it for her. Guess what. The lab actually phoned her
>> the day they tested it and told her to stop drinking it RIGHT NOW. Her
>> gut problems have abated somewhat since she started buying her water.
>
>I'm curious to what was in her well water? Do you know?

It was e.coli above acceptable limits. She's surrounded by cattle
farms, so it's no big surprize.

Jo Anne