Water Quality - Totally Off Topic

[Mr. Bloom]

Thanks all. You've sated my curiousity. I actually learned something...

For Sandra's entertainment... After flushing the toilet three times wondering if there was something wrong with me , I noticed the placard on the bathroom vanity at the brand new Hampton Inn in Greenville Mississippi @1999:

If you're wondering why our water's brown

It's the deep well aquifers under our town

You can bathe and drink without fear

'cause no one lives longer than the folks around here.

[OakLeaf]

As if I needed any more reason to refuse to move off our spot of land where the water is delicious and tested completely chemical free.

[Hub]

'They' say The water in greenville is 'tea colored from all the cypress trees . . . . we lived there for 3 years before moving (snort) north to Cleveland (MS, of course).
Our water is clear.
What were you doing in our neck of the woods Mr. Silver?, it's not exactly a vacation spot!

[silver]

'They' say The water in greenville is 'tea colored from all the cypress trees . . . . we lived there for 3 years before moving (snort) north to Cleveland (MS, of course).
Our water is clear.
What were you doing in our neck of the woods Mr. Silver?, it's not exactly a vacation spot!

Hey, hub, I'll answer for him. We lived in Memphis from '93 to '00. I think he had a customer there that he went to visit with.

We're pretty familiar with most regions Southern. Grew up in Birmingham. Lived in Nashville from '86 to '93. My parents are now in Gulf Shores, AL and they are from there so we've always visited. Many drives from Memphis to Birmingham and to Gulf Shores, traversing your great State. My sister lives in Arkansas now.

He's been draggin my northward kicking and screaming since I met him 24 years ago.

[Hub]

Hey those are some of my favorite towns- Memphis and Gulf Shores- which you must know is a suburb of Foley! I love Riveria Center!

Anywho- I was just checking !

[Blueberry]

As if I needed any more reason to refuse to move off our spot of land where the water is delicious and tested completely chemical free.

We'll hope it stays that way

Sadly, more and more aquifers are becoming infiltrated and polluted. As an aside, who knows what's in our water. The test results are never good for our city water, and we've been tested as having very high lead levels in some areas of town. Plus, I live in a house built in 1912. Yep, we use a pretty hefty filter.

CA

[bmccasland]

I repeat, come have a glass of water with meeeeeeee! It is absolutely scary the number of petro-chemical plants that line the Mississippi River between here and Baton Rouge. Especially at night, when you see their lights beaming from the swamps.

edit: um, sorry, I was in a "wetland value assessment" meeting all freaking day. Got home at 7, missed my bike ride and everything. I'll just quietly go to my corner.

[Mr. Bloom]

hub: Memphis has the BEST water in the world. I even recall that soft drinks were cheaper there simply because their production required less treatment and filtration. Germantown was the favorite place we ever lived. But gosh, going from Greenville to Cleveland????

bmc: wow! we take a lot of things for granted. It's been years since we've visited New Orleans (1985 when Hurricane Juan hit)... I struggle with all the efforts to ban bottled water when I hear stories like that.

Years ago, my cousin on the North Shore of Boston got a water bill every month with the disclaimer: "This water is not fit for human consumption". WOW! 20 years and $10billion later, they've now separated the sanitary and storm sewers and I believe their water is drinkable again!

[Tuckervill]

+1 for Memphis water!

I love Little Rock's water, too. Makes my hair really soft. I worked for the water company in LR for many years and they regularly won regional water quality awards, too. But when they competed against Memphis....sorry Charlie.

Karen

[Hub]

Mr. Silver- I meant CLeveland Mississippi- only about 35 miles north of GVL.
My husband works (ed) in radio- he mananged a station in Greenville - and then bought into a group of stations in Cleveland & Clarksdale.-
Hey, I'm from England Arkansas- so I've always lived in the Delta, I just didn't know it for a while- I love the flatland- flat as a flitter!

[Blueberry]

I repeat, come have a glass of water with meeeeeeee! It is absolutely scary the number of petro-chemical plants that line the Mississippi River between here and Baton Rouge. Especially at night, when you see their lights beaming from the swamps.

edit: um, sorry, I was in a "wetland value assessment" meeting all freaking day. Got home at 7, missed my bike ride and everything. I'll just quietly go to my corner.

No need to apologize. That is really frightening. I think I'd investigate a serious whole house filtration system if I lived in that area. Seriously - ick!

Who thought building all that stuff there was a good idea?!?!?!

[OakLeaf]

Who thought building all that stuff there was a good idea?!?!?!

That's easy. People who live someplace else.

[bmccasland]

That's easy. People who live someplace else.

People who live up river. Oh the things on water quality - like the fact that the meds we take are not completely utilized by our bodies, and apparently survive the sewage treatment plants, so wind up in rivers and streams; one of the suspects in the reduction of fish fecundity. Or the fertilizers that run off from midwestern farms, get in the river, and cause the algae bloom (red tide) that then becomes the Dead Zone in the Gulf. We feel the effects of something that happens far up river.

Can I have some well water, please?