Get Your Well Drinking Water Tested for Nitrates for FREE this Friday

The Washtenaw County Conservation District will screen drinking water well samples for nitrate and nitrite on Friday, November 20, 2015 from 9 am to 5 pm at the District Office, 7203 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. There is no fee to participants for this service.

The screening is open to everyone who uses a private well for drinking water. Information about the screening, instructions for collecting samples, 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 so samples from public or non-drinking water sources cannot be accepted. 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 and participants will be mailed a copy of their results in 8 to 10 weeks, with information about what to do if the concentration of nitrate or nitrite is too high.

This program is sponsored by the Washtenaw County Conservation District, the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program, Eastern Michigan University, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

For more information about the well water screening event, 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.