Comments on: Geyers Chapel Spring, Smithville, OH

By: afriend

afriend — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0000

PVC is really relatively safe when water is flowing through it constantly, like this. Chemicals more often leach out when water sits stagnant in plastic &/or when the plastics are hot or warm. The PVC used in rigid pipes for plumbing do not contain BPA or dioxins, which are used to make plastic flexible.
I’d say this application should be pretty safe. Not any worse than keeping the water in a reused milk jug. Or eating tomatoes, veggies or soup from a can. No need to insult people. Be nice.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:46:00 +0000

I used to drink out of this spring until I thought about all the chemicals being by the near by farms. Honestly I never knew it was an artesian spring and don’t know much about the depth. Is there any chance that it could be contaminated. I know that they regularly check it, but there is no way they can test for the thousands of chemicals being used in these fields. I wish someone could give me some more information to prove that it is safe, because I really miss drinking out of this spring.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:56:00 +0000

“The county would have never used this pipe unless it was perfectly safe” ? Really? The county also considers fluoride, chlorine, amalgams, emf’s, etc etc ‘safe’. Either you are part of the scam of ignorant of the scam. PVC is not ‘safe’. Glass is the only non leaching container ‘safe’ for water transport. Check your self Linda.

By: Bam620

Bam620 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:51:00 +0000

If one prefers to drink their water at room temperature, would this water be ok to drink once you fill your containers and let them sit. Or, does it have to be kept cold?

By: Bam620

Bam620 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:51:00 +0000

If one prefers to drink their water at room temperature, would this water be ok to drink once you fill your containers and let them sit. Or, does it have to be kept cold?

By: E82278e

E82278e — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:42:00 +0000

I took the water temperature the last time I was at the spring filling up all my jugs two weeks ago. The water came out of the spring at 51 degrees F.

By: E82278e

E82278e — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:40:00 +0000

You are wrong. The white PVC pipe is perfectly safe for drinking water. What do you think is used in some new homes these days? Same thing. The county would have never used this pipe unless it was perfectly safe.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:39:00 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe PVC is a food safe vessel. I wouldn’t drink water flowing from PVC plastic.

By: Linda Pray

Linda Pray — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:43:16 +0000

Location is 100 feet east of the Geyers Chapel Cemetary on East Hutton Road on the south side of East Hutton Road. Driveway entrance is a dirt two lane road. Spring is located about 100' into this driveway on the right down a small hill.

The dual PVC pipes channel the water that flows continuously extremely fast out of the big wooden box is actually tapped directly into the Indian Spring artesian spring that flows deep underground in this area. The small creek next to the spring is actually the run off of the artesian spring water from the surrounding areas to the north. A lot of the surrounding farms tap into this artesian spring as well and enjoy the fast flowing water.

I met the old geezer (73 years young) who built the wooden box for this artesian spring. He's been drinking this water since the early 1970s and before. He told me that Wayne County comes out once a week and tests this water. He told me that there was once a farmhouse and a barn on this property and that the spring actually went thru the barn itself! The old ladies that owned the property sold it to Wayne County years ago in exchange for lifetime housing in the County Home. The County designated this spring open to the public forever.

He said that it's the best water he's ever tasted and was talking about a man who had travelled the world and recently tasted the Geyers Chapel Spring water and proclaimed it to be the best he's ever tasted as well.

This is a very popular spot for filling up water jugs. I've asked folks filling up their water containers how long they've been coming there and I get answers everywhere from 22 years to 30 or more to one year. They told me they'd never think of drinking any other water except this tasty artesian spring water.

As far as any smell of the water I can't smell anything. This water has no smell as it is artesian water and not stagnant water. The green algae growing on sides of the the run off grates under the PVC outlet pipes attest to the fact it is "live" water.

When this water is used for coffee or tea I can attest that this water makes great tasting beverages. Also, the water stays colder and hotter than store bought water. The water that comes out of this spring is extremely cold. I'm glad I'm only 2 miles from this excellent source of good, clean, highly drinkable water.