UConn Extension Well Testing Event
When was the last time you tested your water?
UConn Extension has been working with the Old Saybrook Conservation Commission to provide reduced cost well water tests to residents of Middlesex County and the surrounding areas. Just because your water looks and tastes fine, that doesn’t always mean it’s safe to drink.
We are offering residents a well water test, normally valued at $350, for the reduced cost of $200 (cash or check). Participants can sign up online at https://s.uconn.edu/haddam-well-testing. These tests test for coliform bacteria, lead, arsenic, uranium, nitrates, sodium, chloride, fluoride, pH, hardness, sulfate, turbidity, iron, and manganese.
We will mail a sample kit to participants who sign up in advance of the collection event. Sample kits will also be available at the Old Saybrook Environmental Fair (Old Saybrook Middle School, 60 Sheffield St, Old Saybrook, CT 06475) on April 26th.
The collection event will be held at the UConn Extension - Middlesex County Extension Center (1066 Saybrook Rd, Haddam, CT 06438) on May 3rd from 10:00am – 1:00pm.
Sample kits can only be delivered to the Haddam Extension office on May 3<sup>rd</sup>, but participants are welcome to bring the sample to the Radcliff Hicks Building on the UConn main campus any other time Monday through Thursday from 6 am to 4:30 pm, at their convenience.
The deadline to sign up for a sample kit is April 25th. For anyone who misses this date, sample kits will also be available at the collection event. These can be returned to Haddam the same day or to the UConn main campus. Samples will not be run without payment.
Supplies are limited.
You can also find more details about our program at our website: https://ctiwr.uconn.edu/welltesting/.
For any questions, contact alec.janis@uconn.edu.