Workshop to train private well owners

Residents of Tioga and surrounding counties will be offered a training workshop on how to properly manage their home wells, springs, or cisterns.

Residents who rely on private water systems for home drinking water can be at risk of drinking contaminated water.

Resource professionals such as Penn State Cooperative Extension, the Pennsylvania Ground Water Association, the state Department of Environmental Protection, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency will offer this training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14, at the Tokishi Training Center, 124 Nypum Drive, Wellsboro.

Private water systems are unregulated, so landowners need to take the proper measures to ensure that their drinking water is safe for consumption.

This workshop is offered as part of the “Master Well Owner Network,” a program intended to teach volunteers from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania about proper management of their own private water system.

In return, the volunteers must go out into their local community to educate others about the importance of proper management of private drinking water supplies.

To become part of this network or for more information, please contact Stephanie Clemens at 814-865-2250 or by email at mwon@psu.edu.

Information and a volunteer application can be found at extension.psu.edu/water/mwon. Space is limited and applications will be received by April 23

Williamsport Sun-Gazette
April 3, 2011
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