[laker_dad]

Yikes! We are spoiled up here in Michigan. I can drive a 20’ pipe into the sandy soil and get plenty of clean water.

Gotta think a cistern would be cheaper than a well. How picky is the county health dept? Good luck!

[MountainWalker]

Not very picky - it’s WV. :-P

[Hot Tabasco]

Where I grew up in northern Michigan in Boyne City with my mom and step-dad, our house outside of town had our own well which was typical iron well water. Never drank it but it washed our dishes and cleaned us in the shower. Never gave a thought about it at the time..........

Kinda contradicts the scientific recommendation that we should drink a half gallon of water per day doesn't it? If I had to drink that water I would have puked......LOL!

Flash forward, my dad and step-mom had a cabin just north of Mio and our well there was the best tasting fresh water one could ever experience. We would bottle it and bring it back to Detroit every weekend........