Reduced Cost Private Well Water Testing

in Park County

Once you have a test kit, click here for more information.

How do you participate?

1. Pick up your well testing kit between August 24th and September 4th at:

Park County Extension Office

8am - 5pm

222 South B Street, Livingston

50 kits available on a first come first serve basis

2. Return your well water sample on Wednesday September 9th

to the location above between 7:00 AM and 12:30 PM

Testing Costs

  • $125 per participant (save more than $265)
    • Cash or check only

Why should you test your well water?

  1. Water quality from private wells is not regulated, and is rarely tested
  2. The screening is a comprehensive well water panel
  3. Common well water contaminants in Montana include:
    1. Arsenic 
    2. Lead
    3. Copper
    4. Uranium
    5. Nitrate
    6. Bacteria (E. coli and total coliform)

List of parameters samples will be analyzed for:

Health Related: Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, E-Coli Bacteria, Fluoride, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Nitrate+Nitrite, Selenium, Strontium, Thallium, Total Coliform Bacteria, Uranium, Zinc

Non-health related: Aluminum, Calcium, Chloride, Conductivity, Magnesium, pH, Potassium, Sodium, Sulfate, Sulfur

Attend a Public Presentation on the Results

6 pm - Wednesday, September 30th

Park County Extension Office

222 South B Street, Livingston

Questions

Contact Jackie Peterson, MSU Extension Park County, jackie.petersen@montana.edu, (406) 222-4156