On Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:15:05 PM UTC-6, Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:22:46 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> <[email address]> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 11:15:03 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:11:10 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >>
> >>> Interesting either way. . .never thought about it, just pumped until
> >>> ice cold water splashed out into the speckled tin cup hanging beside
> >>> the pump handle.
> >>
> >>I wouldn't drink well water. Our neighborhood's well water had a high
> >>sulpher content - we called it egg water. The local amusement park
> >>also used well water. The water rides were not very pleasant
> >>smelling. The whole park smelled of rotten eggs.
> >>
> >>-sw
> >This was way north Wisconsin in the 50's and the cottage only had well
> >water. It tasted lovely and was so sparkly clear.
> >Janet US
>
> My dad had a buisness associate in the early 60's who had a summer
> place in Canada. The tap water was pumped out of the lake. Even as a
> young kid I liked it and could tell the difference.
>
> Lou

Probably from all the septic tank effluent which was seeping into the lake. Nowadays cottage owners are often required to install holding tanks for their sewage and are regularly pumped out and the effluent trucked away.