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Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

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 ...
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Amid Umatilla Basin nitrate crisis, Oregon Health Authority mails drinking water test trips to untested households

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...
Finance & Commerce

Homeowners bear health and financial costs of unsafe well water

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...
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Citizen scientists helping test Iowa water quality

TIFFIN - Seldom is water quality so visible as when Bill Waldie sticks a test strip into a bucket of water from Clear Creek and watches the paper turn shades of pink as it detects nitrate. He takes a ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

New program to offer free testing, bottled water and filter systems in Lower Yakima Valley

People living in the Lower Yakima Valley Groundwater Management Area may be eligible to receive free groundwater nitrate testing, bottled water, and installation of an in-home filtration system, if ...
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Millions of people across US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe | Opinion

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...