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Maine Water Test Kits Now Available Online at www.maine.gov

Augusta, ME –The Department of Human Services, Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory announced the launch of the Order Water Test Kits online service, available at Maine.gov: http://www.maine.gov/watertest/

More than half of Maine’s population gets its drinking water from private wells and few of them are routinely tested. With online access to water testing kits, this is about to change.

“We’re delighted to provide the public with the ability to order water test kits online,” said Jack Krueger, Chief of Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory. “Online ordering brings ease and convenience to obtaining tests, resulting in safer drinking water for Maine residents.”

The service allows Web visitors to place one or multiple water testing kits into the electronic shopping cart, pay with a credit card through the secure socket layer, and wait to receive the purchased kits in the mail within 7-10 days. Water test kits can be ordered online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Order Water Test Kits service homepage also provides a list of all certified laboratories so consumers can make a choice of water test kit providers.

For more information about the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory Water and Environmental Testing services, please visit: http:// www.maine.gov/dhs/etl/standard.htm

InforME is a public instrumentality of the State of Maine and manages the State’s web portal, www.maine.gov. InforME is managed by New England Interactive, Inc. All online services and official State of Maine web pages can be accessed from the state portal: www.Maine.gov.