I grew up on well water. When my boys were born, our pediatrician told
us tap water was just fine for mixing bottles. She said she knew what
was in our local water; she did not know what was in any random bottle of
water.

Tara

Tara wrote:
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>I grew up on well water. When my boys were born, our pediatrician told
>us tap water was just fine for mixing bottles. She said she knew what
>was in our local water; she did not know what was in any random bottle of
>water.

Actually there's no way to know what's in well water unless it's
tested and each well in the same area will have different water. I
have two wells, about two hundred feet apart and the water from each
is very different as to mineral content, the water from one is twice
as hard as from the other. Anyone on a private well needs to monitor
their water carefully because it also changes constantly, both
chemically and biologically... also the volume production changes too,
my well with harder water produces about 16 gallons a minute, the
other well produces about 10 gallons a minute, and both volumes
fluctuate over time. I have my well water tested chemically once each
year to adjust the water softeners, I have both tested for biologicals
every two years. The water from both wells are treated with UV, still
each required being shocked with chlorine once over ten years. Even
with municipal water if it doesn't contain chlorine (and most doesn't)
it's important to have water tested for biologicals because the pipes
will become infected... often people are constantly sick because the
water in their house is sick. And bottled water is no better, all
bottled water is water from someone elses tap, odds are your tap water
is better. I drink RO water... I suggest everyone install an RO
filter, they cost very little. I also susggest everyone install a UV
device, that costs more but if it saves one doctor bill you're way
ahead... UV treated water is important for bathing, can save a family
the agony of all sorts of skin diseases and the price of many visits
to a Dermatologist plus all those medications.