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Water well construction resources:

Where to find information about a particular water well: history, location, contamination, treatments, local or area well problems that may affect the well.

Our page top photo shows a well driller repairing submersible pump wiring at the well head. Don't neglect local well drilling and plumbing experts and local water test laboratories as sources of local information about your individfual well as well as about local water conditions & contaminants.

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Where to Find Out More About Water Contamination: Sources of Information on Well Water

Open water well or cistern in a home basement - unsanitary (C) InspectApediaThe many linksat the end of this article and within this EPA article provide extensive and detailed articles on water testing, correcting bad water, and related topics -- DF

To find out more about your watershed and its ground water visit "Surf Your Watershed" at www.epa.gov/surf. Also look at the "Index of Watershed Indicators" at www.epa.gov/iwi.

These websites can also tell you possible sources of problems. Companies with permits to release their wastewater in your area are listed. You can see if they meet pollution control laws. You can also learn how your watershed compares to others in the country.

Our well photo at left shows an open ... well we're not sure. It look s like a home-made dug well or cistern in a building basement. It is very unlikely that this well can provide reliably sanitary water.

Information Sources for Water Well Construction in Australia

Information Sources for Water Well Construction in Australia

Information Sources for Water Well Construction in the U.K.

Information Sources for Well Construction in the United States

Other U.S. sources of water well construction information include:

Information Sources for Drinking Water Well Construction in New Zealand


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