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Private Well Testing Program

If you have a private well, then water quality testing should be important to you and your family. Some contaminants in drinking water have been linked to cancer and toxicity, posing a risk to human health. Many contaminants often have no taste, odor, or color. Their presence can only be determined by laboratory testing.

While there is no state requirement to have your well water tested (although there may be from your mortgage lender or town), DES recommends that all homeowners with private wells do so. Use the accredited laboratory search to find a laboratory near you.

Publications

• Drinking Water Fact Sheets

Education/Outreach

• Análisis de Agua para su Pozo Privado (en español)
• Comprehensive Well Checkups
• Putting into Perspective the Health Risks from Drinking Water Contaminants
• Water Quality Testing for Private Wells

Technical Assistance

• Checklist for Inspecting Your Well

Related Programs

• Accredited Laboratories
• DPHS Public Health Laboratories
• Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
• Drinking Water Source Protection Program
• NH Water Well Board

Resources/Links

• In Small Doses: Arsenic (movie), Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program
• US EPA’s Ground Water Web site

Contact Us

• NHDES Drinking Water & Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive
  PO Box 95 Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-2513
  (603) 271- 5171 (fax)
  dwgbinfo@des.nh.gov

 

 

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