A crisis emerges across US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells

There are roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells and are at particular risk when harmful “forever ...

Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on PFAS contamination of private drinking water wells

The Associated Press’ reporting on the vulnerabilities of private water well owners to contamination by harmful forever ...
Yahoo

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make ...

Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their ...
Albuquerque Journal

In Mora County, hunt for water contaminants ongoing

MORA COUNTY — Outside a home tucked down a dirt road in Mora County, environmental engineer Tom Brown dumped out a 5-gallon ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Rural towns in CT aren’t testing their well water enough. This program is trying to ...

UConn graduate research assistant, Alec Janis tests water at the Connecticut Institute of Water Resources lab. Credit: Ayannah Brown / Connecticut Public About one in four state residents get their ...
WEAU

Limited-time discounted well water testing offered at the Health Department

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - Homeowners with private wells can get their water tested for nitrate, bacteria, and more at a discounted price at the Health ...
Yahoo

NMED offering well water testing this weekend

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is offering free domestic well water testing at events in the ...
WEAU

Limited time discounted well water testing offered at the Health Department

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - Private well users can get their water tested for nitrate, bacteria, and more at a discounted price at the Health Department ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Rural towns in CT aren't testing their well water enough. This program is trying to change that

About one in four state residents get their drinking water from a private well. But the rules surrounding testing for Connecticut’s roughly 300,000 private wells, which are often found in rural parts ...
StamfordAdvocate

Hundreds sign up for new well-water testing program

STAMFORD -- Hundreds of Stamford residents have registered for the health department's new water testing program scheduled to launch early next month, leaving about a third of the tests budgeted for ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Well water testing offered

Pelican Lakes Association and Pelican Lakes Conservation Club (PLCC) are encouraging all area residents to have their well water tested this summer. Some wells around Pelican Lake have been found to ...