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Private Well Owner Online Water Quality and
Drinking Water Problems
Online Information Guide to Topics Related
Private Well Owners, Private Water Systems, Individual Private
Wells,
Springs, Rural Groundwater Systems, Rural Water Resources
Private Water Cistern System |
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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 Well Ownere and Rural 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 for Private Well Owner (updated)
Bacteria in Drinking Water
(updated)
Coliform Bacteria and Health
Effects
Fecal Coliform in Water (updated)
Color, Odor, Turbidity in Drinking
Water and Well Water
Newest Website - Odor in Water
(updated)
Corrosion - A common drinking
water problem
Cryptosporidium parvum
(updated)
Giardia lamblia
(updated)
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 (new)
Buffer Solutions (How
to Make) (new)
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) for Well Water
SWIP Studies for
Surfacewater Sources or Regulated Sources Filtration Performance Studies
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:
Water Treatment Systems
Newest Website:
Groundwater and Drought Conditions
Newest Website:Private
Well Owner - Water Library - Downloadable pdf and wpd files related to
common water quality problems, water treatment, septic systems, and more.
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
(updated)
Free Report: Nitrates in Drinking Water
(updated)
Free Report: Lead in Drinking Water
(updated)
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?
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?
What do I need to know to protect my
private drinking water supply?
Problems Washing Your Clothes?(new)
County and State Water Quality Projects
(Our Partner: Carbon County Groundwater Guardians- Master Well
Owner Program in Pennsylvania)
Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania
Monroe County,
Pennsylvania
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Newest Website: Water Quality Data for Your State
Agrobusiness
Private Well and Rural Water System Program
Growing Greener in Pennsylvania
Watershed Website
Water Quality Index
Water Library
Power Point Presentations
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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Library - Pdf files on Water Issues and Topics
Tools
for Undergraduate Students
Field Training and
Workshops in Earth Science
Affiliations and Hot Links
We are a water testing laboratory water test
lab enviromental monitoring facility that offers services to private well owners
water supply systems through mail order water testing kits. We offer well
water testing, spring water testing, surfacewater monitoring and groundwater
quality assessments as part of conducting hydrogeological and
