Links to Related Topics - Ground Water and Wells

Residential wells

Maine Drinking Water Program
- Private wells - information for homeowners - well types, hydrogeology, water treatments, water and well facts, arsenic facts and treatment, links for private wells, water testing
Maine Environmental & Occupational Health Program
- Well water safety - Different agencies within the State of Maine provide information on well water safety. Use this page to link to the right agencies.
Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory
- Water testing
National Ground Water Association
- Wellowner.org - information relating to private water well systems and ground water
Water Systems Council
- wellcare Information Sheets - fact sheets about wells, well components, water testing, and contamination

Maine State Planning Office
- Groundwater Technical Assistance Bulletin (pdf)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Ground Water Primer
U.S. Geological Survey

Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Groundwater
Maine Department of Environmental Protection - SAFE H₂OME PROGRAM
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Well water quality
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- Drinking Water Contamination: Understanding the Risks
- The Hydrologic Cycle: How Water Movement Affects Water Quality
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Citizen's Guide to Groundwater Protection

Radon
- Maine Bureau of Health
  - A Maine Citizen's Guide to Radon (pdf)
  - Maine Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon (pdf)
  - Maine Radon Homepage
  - Radiation testing - Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory
  - Radon "Questions and Misconceptions" Section
- U.S. Geological Survey
  - The Geology of Radon
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  - Radon
- National Safety Council
  - Frequently Asked Questions About Radon
Arsenic
- Maine Drinking Water Program
  - Arsenic Facts
  - Arsenic Treatment
- Maine Bureau of Health
  - Have you tested your well water for arsenic?
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  - Arsenic in Drinking Water
Uranium
- Maine Bureau of Health
  - Uranium in my well water: Now what do I do?

Last updated on July 20, 2006