Does your drinking water come from a private well?
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Superfund Research Program (SRP) is conducting a study to prevent and reduce harmful exposure to contaminated well water. In coordination with our partners at Clean Water for NC, we are conducting a survey to better understand well water contamination in Union County.
After completing the survey below, if the well owner lives in certain areas of Union County, they may be selected for a free well test. The samples will be analyzed for inorganic metal contamination. Confidential water quality results will be emailed and mailed to residents’ homes, and a follow-up community meeting will be held in the county to report back results and answer participant questions.
Take the survey
Eligible well users will have kits mailed to their home and must be returned either by mail or dropped off at a central location. Detailed sampling instructions will be provided.
Questions? Contact Andrew George at andrewg@unc.edu or 919-966-7839.
For more about well testing visit our All About Well Testing page. To learn about contaminants that may be in your county visit our Well Water Contaminants page.
This study is supported by the UNC Superfund Research Program and funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (#P42ES031007-01).
