Recent news reports about the presence of drugs in America’s water supply have created some public concern over the safety of well water, but there are basic steps that the owners of private household water wells should always take to reduce risk to their drinking water.
Gary Hix, a Certified Well Driller and Pump Installer member of the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), said these safety steps should be practiced under any circumstances-not just in response to the recent news reports about widespread detection of trace amounts of drugs and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in America’s water supply. EDCs mimic or block hormones.
If you have a private water well, here are three steps you can take to reduce risk to your water supply