Arizona Drinking Water Well Contaminants

• Main Authors: Uhlman, Kristine, Rock, Channah, Artiola, Janick
• Other Authors: Water Resources Research Center
• Language: en_US
• Published: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 2009
• Subjects: Arizona geochemistry; naturally occurring water contaminants; arsenic; fluoride; gross alpha radiation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/156930

4 pp. === This short fact sheet is taken from "Arizona Well Owner's Guide to Water Supply" currently in print. We plan to complete part 2 of this fact sheet by the end of July, 2009. Please note that the text has already been incorporated into the eXtension Community of Practice web page - - I am the author for the COP/Drinking Water group text on chemistry of naturally occurring water contaminants. === Arizona well water is often contaminated with elevated concentrations of naturally occurring constituents that are a human health concern. This short fact sheet is the first in a two-part series about what naturally occurring contaminants may be found in your water supply well and includes a brief discussion on environmental pollutants that originate from land use activities. If you own a well in Arizona, you have the sole responsibility for checking to see if your drinking water is contaminated. Arizona state law does not require private well owners to test or treat their water for purity. The second part of this series outlines what to sample for and how to understand your analytical results.