Our family house (lakefront, not island) got its water from the lake for the entire 67 years we were there. My grandfather had a well dug (not drilled) but the water reportedly had an awful taste. As a kid, I remember drinking the lake water all the time -- without thinking twice. But that was a long time ago, and water quality has declined drastically since then. In later years, we went to bottled water for drinking, but still did everything else with lake water. I would get a cooler with the 5-gal bottles. Better safe than hit with giardiasis.
BTW -- the folks who purchased our place last fall have since drilled a well.
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