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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EAST PALESTINE — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced on Monday $2 million in secured funds to test private wells downstream from the site of last year’s train derailment. “My job is to always ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced the launch of Be Well Informed, a new online tool designed to help private well owners better understand their ...

PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam have contaminated drinking water wells in Glocester, Rhode Island. Landfills, military sites, and industrial facilities are common sources of PFAS contamination ...