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<blockquote data-quote="Scrivener of Doom" data-source="post: 6318566" data-attributes="member: 87576">I decided to do a bit more reading about this.Volo's Guide to the North mentions that it has three deep wells. That explains where it gets its water from, even if it doesn't explain why it isn't closer to a stream or river. But I will throw something in based on my own experience living in the Philippines for the past three years.Where I live most people rely on water from wells - some of which are in backyards - even though streams and rivers are plentiful. And that's largely because the &quot;tragedy of the commons&quot; is more than just a theory here: it's the default way of life. Rivers and streams are horribly polluted with sewage - human and animal - as well as household garbage including a lot of non-biodegradeable plastics. This is one of the many reasons why there are enormous numbers of leptospirosis cases after there are floods, but I digress.I can imagine something similar in a mining community. Rivers and streams could be carrying toxic waste from mining operations whereas deep wells, in theory at least, shouldn't be tainted.Maybe Ed did think this through? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scrivener of Doom, post: 6318566, member: 87576"] I decided to do a bit more reading about this. [I]Volo's Guide to the North[/I] mentions that it has three deep wells. That explains where it gets its water from, even if it doesn't explain why it isn't closer to a stream or river. But I will throw something in based on my own experience living in the Philippines for the past three years. Where I live most people rely on water from wells - some of which are in backyards - even though streams and rivers are plentiful. And that's largely because the "tragedy of the commons" is more than just a theory here: it's the default way of life. Rivers and streams are horribly polluted with sewage - human and animal - as well as household garbage including a lot of non-biodegradeable plastics. This is one of the many reasons why there are enormous numbers of leptospirosis cases after there are floods, but I digress. I can imagine something similar in a mining community. Rivers and streams could be carrying toxic waste from mining operations whereas deep wells, in theory at least, shouldn't be tainted. Maybe Ed did think this through? :) [/QUOTE]

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