Is anyone concerned about the quality of water they are drinking?

SSgt Judd Deszeld-Lyons, MHA — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:25:54 -0400

Response by SFC George Smith made Aug 31 at 2016 9:36 PM

SFC George Smith — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:36:20 -0400

I use my well water and have a whole House Kati-dine Filtration system and Use "Pur" water filter on the faucets I get water out of ...

Response by ENS Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 12:49 AM

ENS Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:49:37 -0400

I use a water filter, so not personally. However, I did have a concern in regards to other people drinking bad water.. We had a terrible E Coli outbreak when a water source was contaminated.. We were told not to drink the water.. Also, for 2 months our water was so chlorinated many of us suffered chronic nose bleeds. I think it was from chlorine toxicity in the body..

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 1:05 AM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 01:05:43 -0400

I've lived off well water for decades now. It is straight H2O, without the city crap that's added. They only time I question the quality of water now is when I must drink city water. Then I can really taste the difference.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 2:55 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 02:55:26 -0400

We use a Berkey for city water. People who have hypothyroid should not drink chlorinated water. I use it for cooking and coffee too.

I have been down range when many men were passing kidney stones. I never but I had a bruise calcify. I believe it was because of water.

My husband is concerned about plastic mimicking hormones.

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Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 2:56 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 02:56:36 -0400

Oh yeah I am also concerned about recycled city water having medication from people's urine.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 9:07 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:07:19 -0400

especially here in Iowa, Its horrible.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 10:30 AM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:30:35 -0400

Absolutely. I always do a google search everywhere I am stationed to see if it is a Superfund, and what has been done to clean it up. Sadly most military installations are Superfund sites.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Sep 1 at 2016 10:40 AM

SSG Carlos Madden — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:40:21 -0400

Do you mean in general or on Lejeune?

Response by TSgt Kenneth Ellis made Sep 1 at 2016 11:25 AM

TSgt Kenneth Ellis — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:25:03 -0400

My Wife won't drink tap water. I keep telling her this is not the Philippines .

Response by Col Rebecca Lorraine made Sep 1 at 2016 1:15 PM

Col Rebecca Lorraine — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:15:32 -0400

I have well water and I do need to have it tested, but one should be concerned because landfills can contaminate aquifers. Old pipes in old cities can be equally contaminated. Plastic water bottles have chemicals that can contaminate that. However, if you get too carried away with things like this, it can make you obsessive and that is a slippery slope. Steroids and antibiotics fed to our beef on feed lots is a serious issue. Pesticides and herbicides drenching our soil is a huge issue. Air quality has improved but is still a serious issue. Can you think of anything else we might worry about? Obesity, ISIS, politicians oh, my!

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Sep 1 at 2016 2:11 PM

SGT Jerrold Pesz — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:11:22 -0400

I have never had any Camp Lejune water but I have drank water in third world countries, out of ditches, out of the garden hose and all sorts of other nasty stuff and never caught anything so my immunity must be pretty good.

Response by Maj Marty Hogan made Sep 1 at 2016 3:28 PM

Maj Marty Hogan — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:28:03 -0400

Our BEE guys are responsible for water quality- his response is it is safe to consume as far as you know. Me- reverse osmosis at home and ruck it in. Bottled water when I can't.

Response by Capt Tom Brown made Sep 1 at 2016 3:46 PM

Capt Tom Brown — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:46:44 -0400

I feel the water quality is safe in 99 of municipalities (except Detroit) based on all the various tests tht are required by gvts at all levels. If the water was to get contaminated I also feel comfortable that the system would pick it up pretty fast. I would feel less comfortable drinking untreated or unfiltered ground water from a natural well in this day and age. I suspect there is a great deal of contaminants floating around in ground water.

Response by Sgt Martin V. made Sep 5 at 2016 10:51 PM

Sgt Martin V. — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 22:51:45 -0400

I use a big Berkey water filter for drinking. I like the taste.

Response by SGT John Hogg made Dec 14 at 2016 1:51 PM

SGT John Hogg — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:51:14 -0500

Water varies from post to post, but I always have a tap filter on my sink that I'll fill up water jugs with to take to work. Regular drinking fountain water in the company is probably fine in small amounts, but I imagine it could probably be dangerous for you in the long run. Even "Potable" water comes out of a big faucet, and not any different from what you drink out of your home or in the barracks.