Reduced Cost Private Well Water Testing

in Broadwater County 

How do you participate?

1. Pick up your well testing kit between April 20th and May 1st at:

Broadwater County Extension Office

8am-5pm

416 Broadway St, Townsend

40 kits available on a first come first serve basis

2. Return your well water sample on Tuesday May 5th

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, Boron, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, E-Coli Bacteria, Fluoride, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Nitrate+Nitrite, Selenium, Strontium, Thallium, Total Coliform Bacteria, Uranium, Zinc

Non-health related: Alkalinity, Aluminum, Bicarbonate, Calcium, Carbonate, Chloride, Conductivity, Corrosivity, Hardness, Magnesium, pH, Potassium, Sodium, Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR), Solids, Total Dissolved - Calculated, Sulfate

Attend a Public Presentation on the Results

Information Coming Soon

Questions

Contact Allison Kosto, MSU Extension Broadwater County, allison.kosto@montana.edu, (406) 266-9242