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 ...

More than 40 million Americans get their drinking water not from the public supply but from private sources, and nearly all of them rely on groundwater that could contain a hidden threat: a class of ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, Environmental Health Services is pleased to announce ...

When you rely on a private well, the first sign that something is wrong is often a glass of water that suddenly tastes ...

The legislation would pay to test private wells near a known source of forever chemical pollution, such as landfills or ...

Water quality experts say Iowans who get their water from private wells are more vulnerable to the health risks associated with nitrates.

Valley Water Collaborative is currently accepting applications for its new free well testing and replacement water program for private wells located in five groundwater basins throughout the Central ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is partnering with researchers from UW-Eau Claire to offer a limited number of ...

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, Environmental Health Services will conduct a free water testing program for households in Santa Barbara County who rely on private or shared groundwater ...

BRAINERD — Minnesota Department of Health is providing free test kits for people who have had their private wells flooded, Crow Wing County reported. Test kits are available to residents who have a ...

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