If I have a well on my property, should I use it? I have an old well that the former property owner used to use for watering his garden. How can I make sure it is safe for drinking? Water Treatment Plant Operator

You should contact your local health department to see if they have special water collecting bottles that you can put a sample of water from your well in. They can send it to a laboratory to check for microbes to see if it is drinkable. If it has some microbes, depending on what kind, you might be able to treat your well with something to make it drinkable. I have a good well that needs a bit of chlorine put in it once in a while. Good Luck!

We have been using wells and rainwater resevoirs for many years :) Some of the best tasting water in the world!!! The only thing you have to do is contact your local Health Department, and they will come out and test it for free. In about a week from their tests, you will receive a report in the mail telling you every detail about what is in your water, and what you can do to fix the problem :)

Good luck, and hope you can use it:) What a wonderful way to go green!!! My family and I. . . My grandmother just turned 87 and has lived off of well water her entire life :)

If it is a shallow well then it is not good for drinking.
If it is a deep well, then it should be OK, but have the water tested first. We use a deep well at my house.

Have it tested. If it is clean use it. It may be cleaner then other water you get from the town. You can also get a water purifier.

The well water is most likely good for drinking. You could have it tested. Most places that sell water softners do that kind of testing.

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yes if it is over 25 foot deep - jump in it head 1st.

Our local health dept. will test water samples for a small fee.