Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/06

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Subject: [Leica] Film processing in almost clean water?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:38:03 +0200
References: <EBF7CA0A-27D5-44F4-8754-5290ACC97CCB@mac.com> <CFDE58F8.45C4B%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>
 
Sounds like discolouration through tannins (a peat 
layer in the well?) - probably better for tanning 
leather than developing films:-)

I would be wary of drinking the stuff.

Douglas

On 06.07.2014 07:40, Chris Crawford wrote:
> I'd be reluctant to use or even drink such water. My grandpa had well
> water, lots of minerals, and even unsoftened it was clean and clear. If it
> is yellow, it may have contamination from industrial pollution. There have
> been some instances recently of oil and gas drilling contaminating ground
> water, making it yellow and unsafe to drink.
>
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