The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System encourage all well owners to have their water t...
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Rainscaping your landscape can reduce polluted runoff that endangers vulnerable water bodies that are downstream from your property....
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The ACES Water Program is the Extension hand of the Auburn Water Resource Center. Lead by Eve Brantley and her outreach team, the goal of th...
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Individuals who drink water from a private well should have the water tested at least once a year for contamination.
Bacterial Contaminants...
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Alabama Watershed Stewards
Alabama Watershed Stewards (AWS) is a science-based outreach program from Extension and the Auburn University Wa...
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What Is It?
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater in a container or in the landscape through a designed practice....
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Waterborne illness because of drinking untreated water can be a product of both municipal and private water systems. While awareness of drin...
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A well is not guaranteed to have consistent water quality over time. For those that rely on groundwater for drinking, protecting the well an...
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Drinking water sourced from private water wells is widely used across the United States. Private water wells provide water for urban environ...
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After going through the well water testing process and receiving results, it is time to think about the next steps. If the water analysis re...
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Water well treatment systems are generally either point-of-use systems or whole-house systems. Some treatment options require more than one ...
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Part of being a responsible well owner is getting your well water tested at least once a year for bacterial contamination. But where should ...
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