Drinking Water Testing for Page County Residents – June 18, 2012

Does your water come from a well, spring or cistern? Do you want to learn more about the quality of your water?

How it works:

1. At a brief informational meeting, pick up a sample kit and get instructions to collect your household water sample.

2. Collect a sample from your tap at home and complete a short questionnaire.

3.  Drop off sample at a designated location and time.

4. About 4 weeks later, come back to get your confidential test results, an explanation of what the numbers mean, and information on how to handle any problems that are present.

Page County- June 18, 2012, 6:30 pm at the VCE -Page County Office
Community Room
215 West Main St., Stanley, VA.
Call 778-5794 to register.
(Collection date is June 20th, 7-10 am)

Cost: $45 (includes sample anaylysis cost to test for selected chemical and bacterial consituents).

Payment is due at the kick-off meeting where you will receive your sample kit. 

Make checks payable to VCE – Shenandoah County.

VCE Drinking water clinics will test for 13 parameters: E. Coli bacteria, total coliform bacteria, nitrate, pH, hardness, total dissolved solids, sodium, iron, manganese, copper, lead, flouride and arsenic.

Sponsored by Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia State University

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Do you live in the Mill or Hawksbill Creek watersheds?

If so, you are eligible for a discount to have your septic tank pumped and you may be eligible for septic repairs. This discount is offered as part of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Plan which was created to help decrease the amount of bacteria in Mill and Hawksbill Creeks.

For more information, call 540-742-4634.