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Cuney-Frankston Spring, Frankston, Texas

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Cuney-Frankston Spring

Description:

Gentle flowing spring, soft water, very hydrating.

Nearest Address

US-175 Frankston, TX 75763

Directions from Nearest Address

Take US-175 South towards Cuney from Frankston. The spring is on the right hand side before the bridge.

Vital Information

  • Fee: None
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 33
  • Temp: N/A
  • pH: N/A

Hours Spring is Open:

Always

GPS:

32.040743,-95.439811

Map Link: Cuney-Frankston Spring Map

Submitted by: Rami Barsoum

Category : Texas / USA
  • l'amor

    good quality spring water for texas with low tds in the low twenties

  • avocadess

    Recently got the TDS count of the water here: 33. Woo-woo! Be careful. The ormus might break a water jug as well. The water, as good as it is, surprisingly is NOT very cold. But it is excellent water!! I like to gather the water in plastic. You can always transfer to glass when you get home — and maybe put a cloth and rubber band over the top so the water can breathe. (It is my theory that this may dissuade glass breakage from high-ormus water!!)

  • Virginia

    Nicely made stone area, easy to find right off the road. Good water! Can someone maybe expound a bit more about the ph of water? This one is in the low 5's, which I think would hydrate us more since it's not loaded with minerals and the higher Ph………BUT would this water be considered “acidic” drinking water? Is it corrosive to our bodies? What should look for in regards to Ph,TDS,etc… to make sure we are drinking a good spring water? This topic is quite confusing I believe to many of us,so hopefully someone can give us a little more information on this subject.

  • http://www.AmazingSuperfoodsDiet.com Benjamin

    Great water here, its 100 miles from dallas we go there every 4-6 weeks to fill up our water bottles

  • Ramiel

    I have personally found this spring to be more hydrating than the Canton one. Low PH i believe (and there is much more research by others) tends to be more hydrating (example is why lemon juice make water more hydrating when added). As for how long this can be done, I suggest listening to your body, you will know when its time to shift to another spring when this one seems less appealing to you. If only this spring was closer to me! enjoy.

  • Christopher

    Just visited this spring recently and had a wonderful experience. Love the water and the local spirit of this place. Thanks for sharing the info regarding ph and tds. Who has a favorite spring in Texas?

  • Jack

    We live in Berryville and we had the water tested …. Nothing special almost exactly like
    city water.
    NITRATE/NITRITE .05
    NITRITE 0
    PH 7.5
    HARDNESS 50
    CHLORINE 0
    LEAD NEGATIVE
    PESTICIDE NEGATIVE

  • Avocadess

    NOT almost exactly like tap water, which has, among other things, chlorine or chloramide, fluoride (if you live in a town that adds that), radiation (from the pee of people in the area that have had chemotherapy in the past 3 weeks), sediment of toilet paper. Also, we do not have a way to measure Ormus at this time but from drinking this water I feel certain it has a high Ormus content. pH is NOT a problem. Some people think water should be alkaline to be good — not true! Hope that helps!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000009661288 Melissa Danelle Webb

    It was yuuuuuuuuuumy!! SERIOUSLY.

  • Dkieu

    This water is no longer as good as the comments indicate. I went there a few months ago on the advice of these comments and gathered 30 gallons of the stuff.

    It took a while to gather since due to the drought the outflow had been reduced to a trickle. The main issue, however, is that the water smells strongly of sulfur and drinking it produces the symptoms of low-level hydrogen sulfide toxicity. It also becomes cloudy if left for a long time, which is indicative of high sulfur levels.

    I really wanted to like this water, but I (and others) experience a nauseous, fatigued feeling after drinking the water. It feels like it just sits in your stomach. It also gives you gas. These are all the signs of there being too much sulfur in the water. Sulfur is toxic and can cause severe damage in higher amounts.

    This would probably be great water without the sulfur. I do not recommend this water. There seem to be few true springs in Texas, (I find this hard to believe… I think the case is that the springs exist, but they are already owned and not public) but even an artesian well is better than this water.

  • Awakedreamer2004

    I notice that there are some oil/gas wells in the area that are known to inject some nasty chemicals (solvents, dispersants, detergents etc) some of which are carcinogenic. Most likely this well is fine but the fact that it now tastes bad and the fact that no one on this blog has had it tested for volatiles does not sit too well with me (no pun intended). The fact that it is running dry also may be because of oil/gas well use in fracking nearby. The counties directly East of Dallas County have the highest number of oil/gas wells and also the highest rate of breast cancer in the state. Perhaps in the past this spring was pure but TEST IT THOROUGHLY before drinking for the chemicals used in fracking.

  • Chgrnet

    We heard from the locals that this spring gets low to no flow in the late summer/early fall, particularly if there has been no rain, but will come back when there is rain. Myself and a group of my friends have been going since early spring 2011 and getting water, which is the best I have ever had. We went again in August 2011 and it was running at about 20 minutes for 5 gallons, which is the slowest we had seen it (typically about 5-10 minutes for 5 gallons), and very stinky (sulfur smell). We dumped it out at that time because we knew we would not be able to drink it – the water we had been getting before this point was nothing like this and we have been drinking it almost exclusively with no adverse health issues. Not being any sort of expert on water, we guessed that the concentrates were too high due to low water tables and it would not be a good idea to drink it at this point.

    It has rained a bit in Texas over the past 6-8 weeks (Oct. 23, 2011 posting), so it is possible that the flow is better now, but since it is a 2 hour drive, we were wondering if anyone who lives closer could give a report on the flow and taste.

    I miss this water and will be going myself when I feel it has rained enough, or we get positive reports from anyone else going. Thanks.

  • Donna Armstrong

    The guy who tested did so a year ago – Many ground water problems are very recent. I do not see any tests for volatile gases or solvents in the tests performed. It might just be a sulfur problem. but I would spend quite a bit on lab tests before I would drink any water from that area – Perhaps being overly cautious but that is just the way I am in something like this.