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8 Φεβ 2024 · You can protect your private well by paying careful attention to what you do in and around your home as well as your neighbor’s activities near your well. Consistent good practices to prevent contamination can help ensure that your well supplies you and your family with good quality drinking water.
- Private Wells and Pfas Information
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- Private Wells and Pfas Information
28 Μαρ 2017 · Overview: Wells in Virginia. The majority of households in 60 of Virginia’s 95 counties rely on private water supply systems. In 52 counties, the number of households using private wells is increasing faster than the number of households connecting to public water supply systems.
Can water quality be tested? Can water be treated to remove unwanted contaminants? How far should a well be located from possible pollutants? In this publication, we provide the answers to these questions and give suggestions on how to protect your water supply by avoid-ing practices that may contaminate ground water.
Private well owners are responsible for testing the quality of their own drinking water and maintaining their own wells. However, CT Local Health Departments and Districts have authority over private wells in their respective towns for proper siting and approval before construction.
Individual behavior can impact ground water quality and consequently, private well water. One must always dispose of hazardous materials and chemicals in an appropriate and safe manner and never on your property which could impact the drinking water aquifer.
Testing your private well or semipublic well water provides you with information on the quality of your water and is the best way to ensure that your water supply is safe for use. It can also determine if nuisance contaminants, such as iron and manganese are present and at what levels.
26 Ιαν 2022 · Virginians install private wells to access groundwater for drinking, domestic use, irrigation, industrial use, and other purposes. Learn more about how Virginia law applies to the installation and use of these private wells.
