NGWA Helps CDC by Studying Private Water Well Owner Outreach
Project Aims to Motivate Well Owners to Stay on Top of Water Quality
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is taking the lead on an effort to better understand how public outreach affects the actions of private well owners when it comes to water quality and health. The study, funded by a $78,358 grant, is being carried out for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Private well owners are a widely dispersed group of people that reach into mostly rural areas of every state,” says Cliff Treyens, NGWA public awareness director. “Historically, the challenge has been not only to reach them but to do so with information and messages that move them to act in ways that protect their water quality and health.”