Is there anything special in spring water that a plant needs?
typically, in comparison to municipal water supplies, not only does actual spring water have a desirable lack of chemical contaminants such as additives like chlorine, chloramine and fluoride, but it also contains natural trace minerals and certain naturally occurring nutrients beneficial to plants. But in natural ecosystems being overrun by human development, recently spring water has been observed containing higher levels of man-made and synthetic contaminants, as well as unhealthy levels of environmental waste. Unfortunately, as a result of landscape/ ecosystem decimation even parasites are present in specific springs as a result of overwhelmed natural drainage, but not in any springs used for harvesting water for consumption. But historically plants and animals thrived in proximity to natural springs due to high mineral content. In areas void of excess pollution, lake water can be very beneficial to plants because it contains natural plant foods, like fish waste, decaying plant mat
