Morons are obsessed with ‘raw water’ that will probably make them sick

BGR ^ | January 3rd, 2018 | Mike Wehner

[Stormdog]

“And how long will it be, aka how much can I make, before the DNR and health authorities shut me down. They may not have those things in CA.”

Not if you tell them you’re an illegal.They’ll probably even give you a grant.

[Vendome]

[Grampa Dave]

Ahh!... some good news!

Thanks for posting the above.

I was feeling a little guilty for thinking along the same line.

[Tammy8]

Depends on where you are. I have drank raw well water most of my life but have lived a couple places where that was not safe to do. We actually lived at a ranch camp named Savage Well when I was a kid, and it was the truth- though that water never hurt the critters that drank it, it tasted so foul people didn’t drink it unless there was no other option.

In any case I sure would not buy it from strangers in a jug. I wonder what regulations will end up being placed on it? I would think the liability would be great on those selling it since bacteria can multiply fast- not the same drinking it from the source fresh as bottling it for later.

[beethovenfan]

It’s the bear piss that makes it.

[Reily]

Even one celled creatures gotta eat!

[Tammy8]

Raw milk is not safe either unless cows are regularly tested. I would and have drank raw milk from cows we had since we only had a couple and knew how they were kept. If someone is running a dairy operation selling raw milk I would not touch that- too easy for cows to get ill or milk to get contaminated in handling. I only drink raw milk if I milk the cow or someone I trust does. Never would I buy raw milk from a farmer’s market or similar. That is just me.

[aquila48]

Another sign that people have too much money and too little sense. Affluenza.

[Secret Agent Man]

I agree, I did qualify my comment.

[lightman]

I could drink “raw water” from my well every day.

So much limestone and shale scale that I filter with a ZeroWater pitcher.

I guess I’m not hip enough for Silly-con valley.

[Balding_Eagle]

All unpasteurized milk has bacteria in it.

[familyop]

"The best (or worst) part about this whole raw water trend is that it actually leads to water that expires just like other foods."

True. The germs multiply. Well water is good stuff. It should be tested from time to time, though, especially in new wells after the cone of silt is pumped out. Smaller cisterns are safer than larger cisterns (600 gallons or less, my rule of thumb), although water from larger cisterns can be tested during the last day that it is kept. Or it can be purified,...speaking of which,...

Bio-sand filters can work well to clean biologically dirty water if properly built and maintained. A UV light made for disinfecting water will improve on that. Chloramines can also be used. It's a cool way to drink pond water, but it should also be tested for insecticides and minerals. There are free plans for bio-sand filters here and there around the Net (e.g., agricultural extension services in sane states).

Drink up!

[oldasrocks]

Raw water is well water??? Well DUH. That’s about as stupid as vegan leather. DUH, cows are vegans, so are beavers, horses, & rabbits.

[razorback-bert]

Hmmm, I am thinking my water wells are worth more than oil wells,

[heartwood]

Doesn’t compare for dumbness to altered hydrogen angle water advertised in perpetuity in Mother Earth News. I think that stuff is at least distilled so it won’t make you sick, but its promoter surely must be continually losing money. I hope.

[Jeff Chandler]

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[lightman]

Rural people have drank raw water since the beginning of time, myself included... Some of the best tasting water I have ever drank was out of a well or stream

Roger that.

I'm blessed to have two streams flowing through my property and both have satisfied my thirst on occasion and supplied water during power failures in the years before I had a big-azz generator.

[Beagle8U]

I have never lived in a house that had city water. All the houses in the country use well water, and I never got sick from it.

[metmom]

My husband was just telling me about this.

There’s one born every minute.

I guess I’m in the wrong line of work.

[jonascord]

OK, I'm failing to see the downside, here.

Bad water, deliberately consumed by democrat Stupids, that kills them.

How is this anything but a Win-Win?