Extension Offers Household Water Quality Well Water Clinic
Registration is open for Virginia Cooperative Extension’s 2026 Well Water
Clinic! Registration is at this link: https://tinyurl.com/VAHWQP-GL
Sample kits cost $70. There are limited scholarship funds for those unable to afford the testing. Samples will test for 28 contaminants, including bacteria, lead, sodium, nitrates, and pH. The dates, times, and locations for the available kickoff meetings (where you receive the testing kits, instructions, and some basic education on well water maintenance) will be:
June 22, 12-1 p.m., TC Walker (Cafeteria): 6099 T C Walker Rd, Gloucester, VA 23061.
June 22, 6-7 p.m., Cook’s Corner Office Complex: 2893 General Puller Hwy, Saluda, VA 23149. June 23, 10-11 a.m., Mathews Extension Office: 10494 Buckley Hall
Road, Suite B, Mathews, VA. June 23, 6-7 p.m., TC Walker (Cafeteria): 6099 T C Walker Rd, Gloucester, VA 23061.
The sample drop-off day will be the morning of June 24:
7-9 a.m. at TC Walker (Cafeteria): 6099 T C Walker Rd, Gloucester. 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Mathews Extension Office: 10494 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. 8-10 a.m. at Middlesex Extension Office: 75 Oakes Landing, Saluda. After samples are analyzed at Virginia Tech, participants will receive their confidential results, an explanation of any risks associated with any parameters that exceeded the indicated levels, and a recorded interpretation meeting by email roughly five weeks after the sample collection date. Additionally, we will be hosting one optional in-person interpretation meeting on August 17, from 12-1 p.m., in the TC Walker Cafeteria. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to Glenn Sturm at gjsturm@vt.edu or 804-693-2602.
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