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Community Drinking Water and Education Programs

Handouts and Additional Information

These materials are traditionally handed out with results at the Educational Program. If you were unable to attend the program you can view and print the materials below. If you have any questions on interpreting your test results please contact Kevin Masarik.

• Homeowner's Package: Interpretive Guide - helps you interpret the results of the tests for coliform bacteria, nitrate-nitrogen, chloride, pH, alkalinity, total hardness, and saturation index
• Metal's Package: Interpretive Guide - helps you interpret the results of the tests for arsenic, calcium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium, sulfate, and zinc
• DACT Screen: Interpretive Guide - Diaminochlorotriazine (DACT) is a metabolite of atrazine-type pesticides. This brochure will help you interpret your DACT Screen result

• Tests for drinking water from private wells - provides recommendations on important tests to perform on a private well, frequency, and criteria on which wells should be tested
• Improving your private well water quality - helps homeowners decide on appropriate methods for improving well water quality problems
• Bacteriological Contamination of Drinking Water Wells - information and instructions on how to handle bacteria contamination of a well water system
• Lead in Drinking Water - information and recommendations for dealing with lead in drinking water
• Copper in Drinking Water - information and recommendations for dealing with copper in drinking water
• You and your well - introduction into the components of a private well water system
• How to request a copy of a DNR well constructor's report - instructions on requesting a copy of your well construction report (links to WGNHS)
• Care and maintenance of residential septic systems - Important things to know about keeping a septic system functioning properly
• Iron Bacteria Problems in Wells - describes symptoms and possible treatment methods for iron bacteria problems in wells

Recent Presentations

• Town of Liberty Grove, August 18, 2011 - Presentation [view 4.6MB pdf] / Maps [view 1.0MB pdf]
• St. Croix 2011 Testing Maps / An introduction to groundwater in St. Croix County
• Town of Ripon - Fond du Lac Co. April 12, 2011 [view 4.8MB pdf]
• Towns of Delton and Fairfield - Sauk Co. March 28,2011 [view 4.0MB pdf]
• Town of Hudson - St. Croix, October 21, 2010 [view 4.8MB pdf]

Summary Report

• Fond du Lac County Groundwater: A community resource [view 6.4MB pdf]
• Dodge County Groundwater: A community resource [view 2.3MB pdf]
• An Introduction to Groundwater in St. Croix County [view 3.1MB pdf]
• Groundwater in Iowa County: A citizens guide [view 2MB pdf]