Is it safe to drink water from a deep well?

Philippines
October 5, 2008 2:37pm CST
How would you know? What if your really thirsty? And can't find a store to buy your bottled mineral water?
6 responses
• India
6 Oct 08
it is not safe to drink water of deep well henca it may cantain harfull bacteris ... so if you wanna drink thhat water than purify it and then drink it.... on a excepional case , when i am really thirst and ther is no water source is available than u can drink it but in a smmall proportion
@noelcruz (324)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
It depends on the area, you may acquire upset stomach or worst diarrhea. Usually the color of deepwell water is yellow, if it is clear and odorless i guess you can drink that.
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I have city water coming into my home, but I also have well water. I use well water to water my garden,flowers and grass. I also drink the well water. Our well water is good. There is nothing wrong with it. We got it tested and it came back fine.
@snowy22315 (171190)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I ahve a well and I think my water is just fine. I like the taste of it very much. I have never had any ill effects from drinking well water. It tastes very good to me and has no yucky cholorin taste.
• United States
5 Oct 08
I have been drinking well water for my whole life now, 18 years, and we have never had a problem with it. It has been the best water I have ever tasted, the kind that is cleaned in chemical plants is not that great for you, and that applies towards "bottled mineral water." I could never buy water, when I have such a great source at home, you should not have to pay for water unless if there was no other resort. If you don't trust your well water get it tested, you should always do that when you buy a house that uses well water until you can trust it.
@arthi_88 (1516)
• India
6 Oct 08
A deep well can have real dirty and germ infected water at times and at times clean water also..If you don't know the water is safe to drink or not it is better not to drink that water until ofcourse you can't risk being thirsty for long...