| Although wells aren't a very common feature on | | | | easier. |
| private properties nowadays, people who do have | | | | If a well is sealed properly, there's no reason why it |
| them have a very important responsibility when it | | | | can't be an excellent water source. As long as |
| comes to their wells and water testing. This is because | | | | anything that could contaminate a well is outside of a |
| there are many different contaminants that can affect | | | | 100 - foot radius of the well head, people shouldn't |
| the water which will result in consequences for the | | | | have a problem. Most deep well water sources |
| people drinking from the well and the local community. | | | | produce good quality water. Therefore, as long as you |
| Some of the possible contaminants that can affect | | | | are doing regular water testing to ensure that the |
| well water are improperly used fertilisers, animal | | | | water is not contaminated, wells can be a perfectly |
| manures, herbicides, insecticides and pesticides, leaking | | | | good source of water. |
| septic systems, leaking underground storage tanks and | | | | Most problems with well water are not water |
| pipes, storm drains that send chemicals into | | | | problems - they are well problems. One of these |
| groundwater, chemical spills, bacteria and many more | | | | problems can be because a well is too shallow. They |
| things. With a list of possible contaminants almost | | | | tend to produce low quality water and the quality can |
| endless, it is without a doubt that water testing is very | | | | change quickly. This means that contaminants can |
| important when you have a well. | | | | enter quickly as conditions change. For this reason if |
| An example of how important water testing is that | | | | you have a shallow well it is extremely important to |
| sometimes animals die in reservoirs that feed public | | | | conduct regular water testing. |
| water systems. Filtration systems and chlorine keep | | | | Other than water testing there is a lot you can do to |
| the water clean, and water systems are tested on a | | | | ensure that your well water is of a good and safe |
| regular basis to make sure that customers are getting | | | | quality. The first step is to identify any possible |
| clean and safe water. Well owners don't have this | | | | contamination sources around the well such as |
| luxury so they must do their own water testing to | | | | underground tanks and bacteria. There are also |
| ensure that their supplies aren't affected. You can get | | | | experts who can tell you how to protect a well and |
| many portable water testing kits now so that you can | | | | make sure it's safe. |
| do the testing yourself which makes testing so much | | | | |