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Drinking Water Testing and Information
For Water Well Homeowners, Private Water Well Owners, Realtors, Plumbing
Contractors,
Water Well Drillers
Welcome to the Center
for Environmental Quality
Water Testing Laboratory
At Wilkes University
Online Information Guide to Topics Related
Water Quality, Drinking Water Testing Kits, Groundwater and Surface
Water, Well Water, Common Water Quality Problems and
Water Analysis and Water Testing Services
Sulfates, Alkalinity, Acidity |
 Conductivity Measurement Water Testing Services |
Website Links of Interest
The following contains background information related to common drinking
water sources of contamination, acute and chronic health problems, health
advisories, and aesthetic problems associated with drinking water. We have put this page together in order to inform the public on a variety of topics and
help them along with their testing needs. The Center is a research
environmental testing laboratory that provides water testing services to the
public. We have a Private Water Supply Owner water quality testing kit and
monitoring program and we offer environmental monitoring and environmental
education services.
For a complete listing of available
water testing
parameters and services performed by the Center for Environmental Quality please refer to our Testing Parameters Page.
If you can not find what you need, please use our online search at our Search
Site. Water
testing kits available from the Center for Environmental Quality.
Hard Water and Your Drinking
Water
Bacteria in Drinking Water
Coliform Bacteria and Health
Effects
Fecal Coliform in Water
Color, Odor, Turbidity in Drinking
Water and Well Water
Odor in Water
Corrosion - A common drinking
water problem
Cryptosporidium parvum
Giardia lamblia
Iron and Manganese in Drinking
and Tap Water
Lead In Drinking Water
Water Testing
Kits Services and Water Quality Parameters
Nitrate /Nitrogen Groundwater,
Springs, Well Water, Spring Water
Nitrite /Nitrogen Groundwater,
Springs, Well Water, Spring Water
Phosphate - Surfacewater and Groundwater
pH of Water (new) pH indicators
Buffer Solutions (How
to Make)
Sulfates and Hydrogen
Sulfide Corrosion, Well Water, Nuisance Bacteria
Rotten Egg Odors- Sulfur Bacteria, Sulfur Odors
Newest Website -Total Dissolved Solids
Groundwater Under the Influence
SWIP Studies, MPA, MET, Microscopic Particulate Analysis
Microscopic Evaluation Technigue, GWUDI for Well Water and Groundwater
Sources
SWIP Studies for
Surfacewater Sources or Regulated Sources Filtration Performance Studies
Newest Website - Elementary / High School Student Project Tips
Newest Website - The MTBE Fact
Sheet Drinking Water Issues
Newest Website - Atrazine in
Water (updated)
Newest Website - Arsenic In Groundwater
(updated)
Newest Website - Trihalomethanes and Drinking Water
Newest Website- Benethic Invertebrates and Rapid Bioassessment
Newest
Website - Surface Water Physical Chemical Microbiological Standards
Newest Website Ozone
Drinking Water Treatment
(updated)
Newest Website: Radon in
Drinking Water
Newest Website:
Radionuclides in Water
Newest Website:
Groundwater and Drought Conditions
Other helpful information
A brief explanation of Groundwater Flow
Well Water
How to shock chlorinate your water supply
(updated)
A listing of water quality terms
Helpful Homeowner
Information Private Wells and Water Systems
Listing of Federal EPA Primary Drinking Water Standards
Listing of Federal EPA Secondary Drinking Water Standards
Free Report: Giardia in Drinking Water
Free Report: Nitrates in Drinking Water
Free Report: Lead in Drinking Water
Environmental Links
Iron Overload Disease- http://www.ironoverload.org/
American Hemochromatosis Society - http://www.americanhs.org
Other Helpful Links
EPA Microbiology Home Page
A consumers guide to the nations
drinking water
How safe is my drinking water?
Drinking Water Treatment Systems
(updated)
Where does my drinking water comes
from?
How much drinking water do we use in
our homes?
How will I know if my drinking water
remains safe?
How can I protect my drinking water
supply?
What can I do if I have a problem with
my drinking water supply?
Problems Washing Your Clothes?
County and State Water Quality Projects
(Our Partner: Carbon County
Groundwater Guardians)(updated)
Lackawanna
County (Private Well Owner Water Testing) - Program is also offered to
Wyoming County and
Susquehanna County
Outreach Programs (updated)
Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania - (Well Water Testing, Lake Monitoring and more)
(updated)
Monroe County,
Pennsylvania - Groundwater Lake Monitoring, and Watershed Programs(updated)
Pike County, Pennsylvania
(updated)
Newest Website: Water Quality Data for Your State
Hydrological and
Geological Evaluations in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Private Well Owner Program and Website- under construction
Agrobusiness
Private Well and Rural Water System Program
C-SAW Program - Assistance to Watershed Groups and Other Environmental
Organizations
Growing Greener in Pennsylvania
(updated)
Watershed Website (updated)
Watershed
Support and Training (updated)
Watershed
and Lake Support
C-SAW
Program - Assistance to Watershed Groups
Water Quality Index (updated)
Water Library (updated)
Power Point Presentations(updated)
Issues on Bioterrosim
MPA MET Testing Services-
Microscopic Particulate Analysis
Groundwater Under Direct
Influence Investigations
Reference Materials on
Safe Drinking Water
For More information about the Environmental Quality Center, please contact:
Attn: Mr.
Brian Oram, Professional Geologist (PG)
Laboratory Director
Wilkes University
Environmental Engineering and
Earth Sciences
PO Box 111
84 West South Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
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