eli5: When people used wells for drinking water, how did they not get sick? Was there some type of filter or was the water just naturally clean?
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Recently moved to central Virginia and have a well. It is about 300 ft deep and a cording to the well drillers, is in a different aquafer then the niebors (they are about 150 ft.
Well is just a small diameter hole that has a cladding on the shallower parts, there is an electric pump near the bottom that pumps it up to a small tank in the house. The water is not usually “earthy tasting” although I have noticed three different “tastes” in the 8 months we have been here. Usually it is a bit sweet, but I have also noticed a savory taste and a more neutral taste as well, seems to be related to how much rain we get.
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