I posted a few weeks back a video of a spring I had discovered on property I plan on building on soon. The property has a water bearing layer that runs for about 500 feet that seeps out water. In a half dozen places it flows so strongly it is self cleaning, channels, and creates a rock stream bed.
I took a sample into a lab to have it tested and got the results back:
Arsenic, Iron, Manganese, Sodium, Lead, all at not detected.
Calcium at 5.5ppm and Magnesium at 2.2 and a total hardness of 24. Soft water stops being soft at around 60ppm so it is very soft.
pH is at 6.86, no ecoli or fecal coliform detected.
And probably the most important: No nitrates detected. Which is telling me this is likely coming from a confined aquifer being pushed up and surface water is not mixing in. It flows year round and is unaffected by the weather so I expect a result like this but sure is nice to confirm it.
This video shows one of my favorite concentrated outlets that I have found on the hillside. I am not sure what came first, the hemlock or the spring. The western hemlock I estimate to be around three hundred years old. The water just boils out from underneath the roots of this tree and work their way down to join the stream that is fed by the other springs.
I will leave this natural as is, it looks (and also sounds) a bit surreal. The water bubbling and trickling beneath the tree seemingly coming from nowhere. It’s like watching nature perform a magic trick. I may eventually put a trail down here and a bench just to relax. I thought it might be a fine place to farm some wasabi as well.
baphometta_
This is abdolutely magical. I love that you’re leaving it natural. The tree is just amazing. Really lovely treasure you have here.
kreiggers
Sorry, Nestle already has the rights to that water. They will contact you shortly about a licensing agreement
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MenopauseMedicine
Laurent Freixe would like to know your location….
OldStumpWoodshop
Beautiful spring. I’m a hydrogeologist with extensive spring water and water supply experience. I love seeing these sorts of videos – reminds me of traipsing through the woods to measure and test these over the years.
Ok_Painter9066
Just check it during the spring spraying season for farmers. In a month or so retest it . Just to make sure it’s good.
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Sorry for my stupid finger in the video.
I posted a few weeks back a video of a spring I had discovered on property I plan on building on soon. The property has a water bearing layer that runs for about 500 feet that seeps out water. In a half dozen places it flows so strongly it is self cleaning, channels, and creates a rock stream bed.
I took a sample into a lab to have it tested and got the results back:
Arsenic, Iron, Manganese, Sodium, Lead, all at not detected.
Calcium at 5.5ppm and Magnesium at 2.2 and a total hardness of 24. Soft water stops being soft at around 60ppm so it is very soft.
pH is at 6.86, no ecoli or fecal coliform detected.
And probably the most important: No nitrates detected. Which is telling me this is likely coming from a confined aquifer being pushed up and surface water is not mixing in. It flows year round and is unaffected by the weather so I expect a result like this but sure is nice to confirm it.
This video shows one of my favorite concentrated outlets that I have found on the hillside. I am not sure what came first, the hemlock or the spring. The western hemlock I estimate to be around three hundred years old. The water just boils out from underneath the roots of this tree and work their way down to join the stream that is fed by the other springs.
I will leave this natural as is, it looks (and also sounds) a bit surreal. The water bubbling and trickling beneath the tree seemingly coming from nowhere. It’s like watching nature perform a magic trick. I may eventually put a trail down here and a bench just to relax. I thought it might be a fine place to farm some wasabi as well.
This is abdolutely magical. I love that you’re leaving it natural. The tree is just amazing. Really lovely treasure you have here.
Sorry, Nestle already has the rights to that water. They will contact you shortly about a licensing agreement
/s
Laurent Freixe would like to know your location….
Beautiful spring. I’m a hydrogeologist with extensive spring water and water supply experience. I love seeing these sorts of videos – reminds me of traipsing through the woods to measure and test these over the years.
Just check it during the spring spraying season for farmers. In a month or so retest it . Just to make sure it’s good.
damn that’s like the end of attack on titan