Conservation District
looking for Volunteers to allow FREE WELL
WATER TESTING
Pike
County Conservation District along with the US Geological Survey (USGS) will be
completing a study of drinking water wells from around the county during the
summer of 2015. The wells included in the study will be selected from a list of
private residential or business wells owned by individuals who agree to
volunteer access to their well for the study. From this list of
volunteers, wells will be selected based on several criteria such as geology,
accessibility and construction information. In order to place your well
on the list, just call or email the Pike County Conservation District at
570-226-8220 or PikeCD@pikepa.org and
give some basic contact info and well location.
Help
Pike County develop a baseline for drinking water quality! This is a great
opportunity to have an excellent comprehensive sampling of your well water. The
cost of this sampling would be several hundred dollars but well water tests
completed as part of this study will all be done at no cost to the well owner
because this study is funded by the Commonwealth Finance Authority through a
Marcellus Legacy Fund Grant awarded to the Pike County Conservation District.
Well water samples will be compared to EPA health standards along
with many secondary standards for safe drinking water. Also included in the
testing will be several chemicals associated with Unconventional Gas Well
Drilling (fracking). Well owners will be provided with the results. There
are only 60 openings for wells throughout Pike County available for the
study. Well locations and names will be kept confidential; only the data from
the water tests will be used in the study.
More Information on Drinking Water Quality in Pennsylvania.
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