How to pick land with a clean water source?

[Little_Bit_Red]

Have been looking on the web, and maybe i am not using the correct key words, but i was trying to find the cleanest water source in Michigan that would coordinate with a land purchase. Also looking at aquifers for that protected clean water....

not saying that I'd have to stay in MI - don't know this is the best place to stay... I want a place that gets all 4 seasons...I am not a big fan of HOT, but it seems the heat has spread so that it hits and tortures the entire country....no place is 'safe' from that really hot heat.....


ideas?

[Little_Bit_Red]

bump??????

[Harry Chickpea]

Look for headwaters. Our creek is at the head of a watershed of about 1.5 sq. mile which is pasture and cropland. Geodesic maps show creeks, just follow them to where they originate and start looking there.

[kasilofhome]

Contact DNR. and ask them your questions.

[OkieDavid]

Also remember that an underground aquifer is just an underground lake/pond. They can range from very small "perched" aquifers to very large basins. It is really hard to ensure the quality of an aquifer that may extend for several counties/states......We all live "downstream" of something......

[uncle Will in In.]

First find out if it is for sale. Second Is it where you can make a living? Third, Can you afford it? Fourth, Does it have a drilled well. Now if you are still looking at it, Have the water tested.

[Nimrod]

Ask the local well drillers.

[Little_Bit_Red]

thanks all