Current：Home > MarketsMillions of rural Americans rely on private wells. Few regularly test their water.-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Millions of rural Americans rely on private wells. Few regularly test their water.
View
Date：2024-12-24 04:19:36
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Allison Roderick has a warning and a pledge for rural residents of her county: The water from their wells could be contaminated, but the government can help make it safe.
Roderick is the environmental health officer for Webster County in north-central Iowa, where a few thousand rural residents live among sprawling corn and soybean fields. Many draw their water from private wells, which are exempt from most federal testing and purity regulations. Roderick spreads the word that they aren’t exempt from danger.
veryGood！ (34)
Related
- Todd Golden to continue as Florida basketball coach despite sexual harassment probe
- 2024 Salzburg festival lineup includes new productions of ‘Der Idiot’ and ‘The Gambler’
- Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right
- Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism
- Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 45 days in prison for probation violations
- Kids used sharp knives, power equipment: California poultry plant to pay $3.5M fine
- Arizona man charged for allegedly inciting religiously motivated terrorist attack that killed 2 officers, bystander in Australia
- 'Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé' is maximalist excellence
- My Chemical Romance will perform 'The Black Parade' in full during 2025 tour: See dates
- President Joe Biden and the White House support Indigenous lacrosse team for the 2028 Olympics
Ranking
- Man killed by police in Minnesota was being sought in death of his pregnant wife
- 160 funny Christmas jokes 'yule' love this holiday season
- Tim Allen Accused of F--king Rude Behavior by Santa Clauses Costar Casey Wilson
- Why Yellowstone Creator Taylor Sheridan Is Suing Actor Cole Hauser
- Shaboozey to headline halftime show of Lions-Bears game on Thanksgiving
- A former Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia found shot dead outside of Moscow
- Kids used sharp knives, power equipment: California poultry plant to pay $3.5M fine
- Top US and Chinese diplomats agree to build on recent progress in ties
Recommendation
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish
A former Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia found shot dead outside of Moscow
Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90
Taylor Swift is named Time Magazine’s person of the year
Everard Burke Introduce
Humpback whale calf performs breach in front of Space Needle in Seattle: Watch
Here are the 25 most-viewed articles on Wikipedia in 2023
Want to read Stephen King books? Here’s where to start.