Print and Online Subscriptions

The Official Newspaper of Douglas County!

Published March 15, 2012, 11:03 AM

Private well owners urged to have their water tested

More than 1 million people residing in more than 400,000 households in Minnesota rely on private wells as their source of drinking water. While wells can provide high quality drinking water, state health officials observe that most wells are rarely tested on a regular basis for things that can make consumers of the well water sick, such as bacteria, arsenic, or nitrate.

:The complete e-mail address or addresses to send the article to


: your name

: