An exciting opportunity to learn about the water you drink is being offered to all residents with private wells in Green County. If you are interested in learning more about drinking water and the quality of your water, this program is an opportunity to have your well water tested at a reduced cost and learn of the results during an educational program with drinking water experts. Groundwater specialists strongly encourage rural residents to test their water at least once every 2 years.
This program is neither mandatory nor regulatory. It is completely voluntary. Individual results will be kept confidential. Special bottles are required for these tests, and there is a cost for this testing. You may choose one or more of the testing packages described below.
Options for Well Testing:
- Homeowner Package (Includes tests for nitrate, coliform bacteria, pH, alkalinity, and hardness.) Cost = $60.00
- Metals Package (Tests for arsenic, lead, copper, iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, potassium, and sulfate.) Cost = $57.00
- Triazine Screen (Includes tests for triazine type pesticides like atrazine) Cost = $35.00
If you choose all three packages the cost is $146, a discount of $6.
Bottles will be available for pick-up at the following locations and times listed. Bottles must be filled and returned on Monday, May 23, to the site where you picked up your bottles. Tests must be paid for when the bottles are picked up.
EXTENSION GREEN COUNTY
Test Kit Pick Up — May 18, 19, 20 8am-4 pm
Test Kit Drop Off –– May 23 8am-4 pm
Questions— Victoria Solomon, Extension Green County, 2841-6th Street, Monroe, WI 53566
608-328-9440 or victoria.solomon@wisc.edu
TOWN OF BROOKLYN
Test Kit Pick Up — May 20th, 12pm-4pm –
Brooklyn Town Hall, 400 W Main St, Brooklyn, WI 53521
or
Test Kit Pick Up — May 21, 8am-4pm
Brooklyn Recycling Center, N8790 Benson Rd, Brooklyn, WI 53521
Test Kit Drop Off –– May 23 12pm-4 pm
Brooklyn Town Hall, 400 W Main St, Brooklyn, WI 53521
Contact Chris Gallagher, N8790 Benson Rd, Brooklyn, WI 53521
608-455-9411
TOWN OF MT PLEASANT
Test Kit Pick Up — May 19 — 9:30am – 1pm
or call 608-938-4657
Test Kit Drop Off –– May 23 9:30am-Noon
Contact--Joni Waelhli-Buehl, N6903 Marshall Bluff Rd, Monticello, WI 53570
Results will be available the evening of July 7, 2022 during a free virtual educational seminar. Everyone will have the opportunity to ask questions, and individual results will be kept confidential. If you are unable to attend this program to obtain your complete results, they will be mailed to you.
This program is possible due to a partnership between the Towns of Brooklyn and Mount Pleasant and Extension Green County. It is open to all private well owners in Green County. In order to participate in this testing program, register by 4:30pm on Friday, May 6th by emailing Victoria Solomon, Community Resource Development Educator at the Extension Green County office (608) 328-9440 or via e-mail at Victoria.Solomon@wisc.edu.
