Communities serviced by municipal systems can be reasonably confident that the water used for drinking, washing or irrigation contains no elevated levels of toxins or other contaminants. However, ...

Water quality experts say Iowans who get their water from private wells are more vulnerable to the health risks associated with nitrates.

More than 40 million Americans get their drinking water not from the public supply but from private sources, and nearly all of them rely on groundwater that could contain a hidden threat: a class of ...

In Pennsylvania, 3.5 million people are served by private well systems, according to Penn State Extension. To better understand potential contamination of the groundwater feeding these systems, a team ...

The Sands Point Board of Trustees approved two local laws tightening regulations on private wells and banning unapproved geothermal energy systems to protect the village’s groundwater supply on ...