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Detailed Guide to Groundwater Pollution Sources of Drinking Water from Household Wells       EPA GUIDE to WATER QUALITY - annotated,illustrated & expanded guide to Ground water & Well Contamination detection, prevention & cure WELL WATER CONTAMINATION: CAUSES, CURES - home WATER POLLUTANT SOURCES WATER WELL CONTAMINATION HAZARDS WATER WELL PROTECTION & RESTORATION SIX STEPS to WATER WELL SAFETY & SANITATION WELL CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION SOURCES WELL & WELL WATER DEFINITIONS Questions & Answers about the sources of water pollution or contaminants & how to correct ground water contamination References

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Private well water contaminants & purity problems & solutions: if your family gets drinking water from your own well, do you know if your water is safe to drink? What health risks could you and your family face? Where can you go for help or advice? This expanded version of a U.S. EPA drinking water pamphlet helps answer these questions. It gives you general information about drinking water from home wells (also considered private drinking water sources).

Expanded & illustrated article about well water testing advice describes types of activities in your area that can create threats to your water supply, how to detect water contaminants or pollutants & how to correct them.. It also describes problems to look for and offers water well construction, testing & maintenance suggestions. Sources for more details are provided as well. Original source EPA 816-K-02-003 January 2002, expanded through February 2013, © InspectApedia ebsite design & supplementary information on well water contamination.

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Water Wells & Drinking Water Advice from the US EPA - expanded data

The original US EPA well water quality assurance document was annotated, edited for clarity, expanded, and illustrated. We also add links to greater detail. As just one example, where the original document noted that the distance from a well to possible sources of contamination are important, we add WELL CLEARANCE DISTANCES. Initial document ource: EPA 816-K-02-003 January 2002, updated here through February 2013. [1]

• EPA GUIDE to WATER QUALITY - annotated,illustrated & expanded guide to Ground water & Well Contamination - February 2013
• WELL WATER CONTAMINATION: CAUSES, CURES - home
• WATER POLLUTANT SOURCES
  • WATER DEBRIS, STAINS - SOURCES
  • WATER TASTES - SOURCES
  • WATER SMELLS, ODORS - SOURCES
  • WATER POLLUTION - NATURAL SOURCES
  • WATER POLLUTION - HUMAN SOURCES
  • GROUND WATER CONTAMINANTS
• WATER WELL CONTAMINATION HAZARDS
• WATER WELL PROTECTION & RESTORATION
• SIX STEPS to WATER WELL SAFETY & SANITATION
  • 1. How To Spot Well Contamination Problems
  • 2. Well Water Test Strategy & Reasons
  • 3. How to Understand Water Test Results
  • 4. Well Construction and Maintenance
  • 5. Talk With Local Water Experts
  • 6. Fix Well Water Contamination Problems
• WELL CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION SOURCES
• WELL & WELL WATER DEFINITIONS
  

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