High toxin levels are illegal in public water. But not for Americans using private wells. An estimated 43 million Americans get water from wells they own. Should government require them to test and treat their own water?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09/10/high-toxin-levels-are-illegal-public-water-not-americans-using-private-wells/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI1OTQwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI3MzIzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjU5NDA4MDAsImp0aSI6IjQ4ODk1MmNmLTEzYzYtNDAxMS05NWVlLWYwOGY1YzZlZjViMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb24vMjAyNC8wOS8xMC9oaWdoLXRveGluLWxldmVscy1hcmUtaWxsZWdhbC1wdWJsaWMtd2F0ZXItbm90LWFtZXJpY2Fucy11c2luZy1wcml2YXRlLXdlbGxzLyJ9.avNVd9W1ewYtPsSYkYtzaknO81ifdRmooNAznaBRcpM
by silence7
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Require? No.
Offer a cheap means to test it? Yeah, that would be nice.
Where’s the toxins coming from?
Require it, but make it free.
it is a lot less expensive to use taxpayer money to monitor private wells to prevent toxin-related medical problems than using taxpayer money for disability and medical expenses after polluted water has done its preventable damage.
Wells are commonly tested by the seller when selling the property.
Obviously, more frequent testing would probably be better, but, it’s still pretty commonly done.
Thats why indint use my well