#ph correction

Here is a picture recently taken at Fountains Abbey. The right side of the wall is made of Limestone and right hand side is made of Sandstone.

The relevance is, if water passes over the Limestone it will pick up calcium and magnesium, making the water hard. Water passing over the Sandstone is probably going to be soft, acidic and may turn water brown / black.

Not a lot of people know that :)

Should i get my Spring Water tested?

We are often asked about water testing. I have enclosed a typical response in the hope that some people will find it helpful.

“With regard to your spring, if it is a true spring then it may not require filtration. However, true springs are very rare and most springs can best be described as surface derived sources. Even if the water comes from deep underground (which is unlikely) it may be mixed…

Six good reasons to filter spring, stream, well or borehole water

Has anyone died from drinking spring or borehole water in the UK.

Shown below is a Question and Answer session conducted in a public health on-line discussion group. I thought this might be of interest to our readers.

Date

25.07.2013

I remember attending a training session presented by David Clapham. In this…

Shown below is a Question and Answer session conducted in a public health on-line discussion group. I thought this might be of interest to our readers. 

Date

25.07.2013

I remember attending a training session presented by David Clapham. In this…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xSZ4ToneE&w=611&h=374]

This is the third in a series of short videos looking at private water supplies in the UK. In this video, Geoff Nemec records the crew from National Water Wells drilling a borehole into…