Short Answer Whether your water is from a well or municipality, use a state certified lab to test your water. The EPA keeps a list of agencies by state to find a lab in your area. Whether you have municipal water or well water, you should have it tested for contaminates. What you test for […]
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More than 20 percent of private, domestic wells contain at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern. About 43 million people—or 15 percent of the Nation’s population—use drinking water from private wells, which are not regulated by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. USGS scientist Leslie Desimone discusses the study, the contaminants found, […]
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