Is something wrong with the water in Danville? (Lexington: organic, places to live)

[Lacrescentamama]

I am from the Los Angeles area and have been researching retirement areas in the south. Danville has stood out as a nice town with everything going for it--except the water! Does anyone know anything about the water supply in this area? If you check Sperling's best places to live website, it rates the water quality 25 points below our water in LA. I don't think of our water quality as particularly good, and I expected it to be better in Danville. What's up?

[InLondon]

Uhhh, I'm thinking whatever you read is not accurate. Danville is one of the cleanest towns around and I'm sure their water is fine....

[Lacrescentamama]

Here is a link to the site.
Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitors sites is not allowed

It could be that the numbers are affected by the closest large city, say Lexington. Anything wrong there?

[InLondon]

I just looked at the link. It's odd that Danville's water got a 27?? There's no way that can be right. The town I live in got a 75. Which is a very good thing.

[ghghx]

I lived in the area (and had a foodservice business there) for years. There's nothing wrong with the water itself that I was ever aware of. However, for a while there three or four years ago, it felt like we were on a boil water advisory every other month because of someone doing something to break/damage a water main. (Then there was the time lighting struck the main outside our hose, that was "fun".) Maybe that's the reason for the low score. There are a lot of minerals in the water there, but you expect that in limestone country.

[Avengerfire]

"The majority of the contaminants found in our drinking water can be traced back to improper or excessive use of ordinary compounds like lawn chemicals, gasoline, cleaning products and even prescription drugs."

Water Contamination And It's Effect On Our Health


"A variety of chemicals, including nitrate, can pass through the soil and potentially contaminate ground water. Nitrate comes from nitrogen, a plant nutrient supplied by inorganic fertilizer and animal manure. Additionally, airborne nitrogen compounds given off by industry and automobiles are deposited on the land in precipitation and dry particles. Other nonagricultural sources of nitrate include lawn fertilizers, septic systems, and domestic animals in residential areas.

Beneath agricultural lands, nitrate is the primary form of nitrogen. It is soluble in water and can easily pass through soil to the ground-water table. Nitrate can persist in ground water for decades and accumulate to high levels as more nitrogen is applied to the land surface every year."

National look at nitrate contamination of Ground Water

List of water contaminants from the EPA

http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/hfacts.html