PRIVATE WELLS

Private Wells

Private Wells

Domestic wells, cisterns, or springs supply drinking water to eighteen percent of the households in the nine upper midweste rn states. This study highlighted many facts in summary Coliform bacteria, E. coli, nitrate, and atrazine were found in many of the water samples collected from midwestern households with a domestic well. Most of the water samples with these pollutants were drawn from dug or bored wells that were old and shallow and had a large-diameter brick or concrete casing. People depending on these types of wells for their drinking water must be informed that they are at increased ...