On 4/30/2013 3:39 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 4/26/2013 4:14 PM, z z wrote:
>> How's the water? I live in a town where the water is bad, and I live in
>> a building where lead pipes add to the problem. I haven't drank water
>> here in 40years. My cat has always shedded terribly, and vomits
>> periodically, which I attributed to hairballs. Recently I had cause to
>> take my cat to my parents to keep for a week. I couldnt believe how
>> healthy the cat became. No shedding no vomiting. So I filled up multiple
>> milk jugs of hometown water to bring back with me. I cannot believe what
>> a difference it has made-and it has helped my allergies as well!
>>
>
> The tap water here is just fine. Our water gets filtered through lava
> rock. It takes decades to reach the aquafer. My guess is that most of
> the mainland has not so great tap water and that the water quality will
> not get any better. Most likely, everybody will be forced to use filters
> and drink bottled water - that's the future.
>
I've been very lucky to live in places where the water tasted just fine.
In Memphis the tap water came from artesian wells. I don't know where
the water in Saint Helena comes from but I can assure you it's not marsh
water. Straight out of the tap, it tastes just fine to me.

The only place I ever lived where we had to filter water was in
Thailand. My parents bought a big crock with a filter and added a few
drops of Clorox to it. (ugh!) That didn't work out for drinking. They
finally bought one of those water coolers (like you see in offices and
places of business) and had jugs of drinking water delivered.

Jill