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 (checks payable to "MSU LRES")

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: MSU Extension Park County Office; 406-222-4156; park@montana.edu