Private-well stewardship among a general population based sample of private well-owners.

ABSTRACT: Private well stewardship, including on-going testing and treatment, can ensure private well users are able to maintain source-water quality and prevent exposures to potentially harmful constituents in primary drinking water supplies. Unlike municipal water supplies, private well users are largely responsible for their own testing and treatment and well stewardship is often minimal. The importance of factors influencing regular testing, and treatment behaviors, including knowledge, risk perception, convenience and social norms, can vary by geography and population characteristics. The primary goals of this study were to survey a general statewide population of private well users in Wisconsin in order to quantify testing and treatment patterns and gather data on motivations and barriers to w

SUBMITTER: Malecki KMC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5662198 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature