It's likely that contamination news is concerning some of your customers, especially those with private wells.
To find out how drilling contractors can help alleviate some of this contamination anxiety, we talked to Bill Ryan, a geologist with the Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch of the Environmental Protection Agency's Water Division. Ryan is quick to say, "We don't want to give private well owners the idea that they should be testing for a whole suite of chemicals." However, there are wells and locations that are more susceptible to contamination than others, he notes, and drillers need to give smart advice to their customers about the likelihood of contamination and make suggestions about chemicals they may want to test for in their wells.