Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories

An estimated 1.7 million people in Georgia rely on 640,000 private wells for their drinking water supply. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division enforces EPA’s drinking water quality standards for human consumption in public water supplies according to the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. However, private wells are not regulated. Consequently, private well water users are responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of their water supplies for domestic, livestock, and irrigation use.

This online tool provides interpretations and recommendations for drinking water quality. The user enters the test results from a water testing laboratory, then interpretation of data is automatically given. This tool also provides recommendations to the user when necessary.

The tool can be found at http://aesl.ces.uga.edu/water/recommendations/