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Parry Spring, Dousman, WI

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Parry Spring

Description

Flows from a pipe, I am told this spring comes from a deep aquifer, it is very popular and always has a line of cars waiting to fill up bottles.

Flow Rate 6.356 gal/min

Nearest Address

Parry Road, Dousman, WI

Directions from Nearest Address

From I-94, go South on WI-67 (Summit road) then head East on Parry Road (near the Dousman watertower), Spring is on the right.

From Hy 67 head East on Parry Rd appx 3/4 mile. Spring will be on left (north side) of Parry Rd.

Vital Information

  • Fee: No Fee
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 342
  • Temp: 52° F
  • pH: 7.7

Hours Spring is Open:

24/7/365

GPS:

43 00’09.91″ N 88 26’49.96″ W

Map Link: Parry Spring Map

Submitted by: Eric M.

Category : USA / Wisconsin
  • Eric

    With these directions, the spring is on the Left, not the Right, Apologies!

  • http://www.twitter.com/NaturallyMariam NaturallyMariam

    Drove from Chicago up to this spring. Got in before the cars started lining up. Easy to find and great fresh cold spring water.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_gVIzjTN2U Tamara

    went there! its beautiful and delicious. also drove from chicago! hope to go back today!! thanks for telling us about it Eric! Shot some video of it too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_gVIzjTN2U

  • Jung

    Drove here from Chicago yesterday, totally worth the trip! The spout is high enough to be able to put 5-gallon jugs on the ground and just let them fill up.

  • http://www.twitter.com/NaturallyMariam NaturallyMariam

    Anyone in the Chicago area, wanna carpool up next time. I'm on twitter and facebook.

  • http://www.twitter.com/NaturallyMariam NaturallyMariam

    Anyone in the Chicago area, wanna carpool up next time. I'm on twitter and facebook.

  • calishaye

    Went to try and find the spring today, but couldn't find it. How far is it once you turn onto Parry Road? According to Mapquest, it's about .3 miles but we didn't see it. Will have to go back and search some more.

  • Eric

    hmmm – I haven't been back there since it snowed – perhaps it is harder to see? I would say it's a couple of miles – Parry road ends shortly after the spring if you are heading East.

  • http://www.rawfoodrightnow.com rawfoodrightnow

    I've moved it on the map closer to the end of Parry Rd. Let me know if it needs to be moved further: http://bit.ly/d4dWQb

    ~ JS Ohlander

  • Jenn

    just keep drivign…if you turn onto parry left off of 67, its on the left side. its right after a curve, and before a curve! lol not that that helps any! you cant miss it!

    its also called “rebeccas well” back from the 1800's–i grew up on this water…my formula was even made with it 16 years ago when i was a baby:) best water ever!

  • Zoofolk

    Do they test this water? I was told that there is no testing done. Please let me know, as we do get our water from there. A neighbor told us about this. She gets het water from another spring. Thanks.

  • Zoofolk

    “Her” water—-I meant.

  • Jill_herrmann

    Hi, what spring does she get her water from? I boiled this water and there was a white film left in the pot. Does this mean the water is not any good?

  • eric

    This water has a somewhat high tds – around 350 if I remember right – and it does leave a film – I haven't been able to find any low tds springs in southern WI. My feeling is that this water is ok occassionally, and certainly a lot of people in the area drink it, but I prefer not to drink it long term.

  • Mfeltz3

    My husband and I have been getting water from this spring for 6 years. We took a sample into a private water testing facility in Brookfield, paid $25 for the test. There were no traces of heavy metals or any contaminents. Totally safe spring water! The white film is probably because it has a high lime content, which is a natural mineral!

  • Mfeltz3

    What do you mean by “tds” and what is it?

  • WR

    It’s on the north side of the road, you’ll see a dirt area on both sides of the road to park.  Delicious cool water! no smell, no aftertaste. I’ll be going back!

  • MJKUEHN

    I plan on visiting this spring later today.  I would be curious to see the full write up on the mineral content, TDS, Suspended solids, DOC, etc.  I’m going to assume that the water will be similar to Waukesha’s water, and contain some degree of Radium (Ra) <— but that would entirely depend on the lithology of the aquifer (which I have not researched).  Chloroform, an additive to municipal drinking water used to protect against Typhoid, is slightly carcinogenic (Gold et al, 1992) and should be absent from this spring :) If any one finds out more info. on this well please post.