Re:City residents live with mental illness at higher rates t...
by magduf on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @06:52PM
(#19924579)
>Having had wells... The electricity isn't the least of it. These things require regular servicing. Hopefully, you aren't unlucky enough to have it back up... which happened to my mother soon after moving into a newly purchased home. You need to watch the toilet paper you use because some are better than others.
You're confusing wells with septic systems. Wells are where you get water (you pump it out of the ground), septic systems are how you dispose of wastewater (basically by dumping it into the ground in a concrete tank, from which it then percolates into pipes with holes in a "septic field").
You're right, septic systems can be a maintenance nightmare.
>Not to mention the need for a water softener in some areas. I've lived in areas whose water smelled of rotten eggs.
Yep, this is the other problem with well water: it frequently has sulfur in it, and is really nasty.
Having had wells... The electricity isn't the least of it. These things require regular servicing. Hopefully, you aren't unlucky enough to have it back up... which happened to my mother soon after moving into a newly purchased home. You need to watch the toilet paper you use because some are better than others.
Not to mention the need for a water softener in some areas. I've lived in areas whose water smelled of rotten eggs. This same water would turn hair and white clothing and everything else an orange shade.