[ApplegateRanch]

My deep well (970') in limestone formations is just fine, thank you. Baring that, I can get $0.59/gal reverse-osmosis into my own containers at any of the loccal markets.

I grew up drinking from streams while hunting or fishing; using a spring fed reservoir; using well water; in some winter power outages, snow melt; and, when forced, city water. Only the city crud ever gave any problems.

I've drank some of tha bottled stuff when there wasn't anything else around, and it is just plain blah-yuk.

[GeronL]

I wouldn't want to drink downstream from a hred of cattle ot campers =o)

[jonno]

reverse-osmosis

I like the idea of RO - nothing but H20.

I've put RO systems in the last 2 houses I've owned. The startup cost is not cheap (~$200 on up), but the convenience is worth it. I've got RO "on tap" for drinking, cooking, house-plants, and the ice-maker.

I'm not advertising, but I found BigBrandWaterFilter.com a decent source for RO.

FYI - The last one I put in was the HL-5000