Get Your Well Water Tested for Nitrates for FREE

The Washtenaw Conservation District will accept drinking water well samples for nitrate screening on June 30, 2015 from 9 am to 5:30 p.m. There is no fee to participants for this service.

Samples from drinking water wells will be screened for nitrate and nitrite. The screening is open to everyone who uses a personal well for drinking water, however, the total number of samples that can be tested is limited to 30. Information about the screening and sample forms are available at the District office and on the District web site HERE.

This service is for private drinking water wells only. Public water supplies are tested regularly. Please DO NOT bring samples from public water supplies or non-drinking water sources. You do not have to use a special bottle for this screening. Any small clean jar will work—one ounce of water is enough. Free sample bottles are also available at the District Office.

All results are confidential. You will be mailed a copy of your results in 8 to 10 weeks, with information about what to do if the concentration of nitrate or nitrite is too high.

For more information contact: Chris Coulter, Washtenaw County MAEAP Technician, at (734) 761-6721 ext. 101.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.