AFCEE may offer free testing of a private well in cases where contaminant plumes are flowing underneath or near homes.   AFCEE’s policy is that all decisions to offer free private well testing will be made after consultation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  In order to be considered for private well testing your well must be over or near a groundwater plume and your private well must be your only source of drinking water.

Once the appropriate agencies have reviewed all available information on a situation, one or more of the following response actions may be implemented, paid entirely by AFCEE.

1.     Provision of bottled water.

2.     Immediate collection of private drinking water supply well samples for expedited analysis.

3.     Testing of private wells at pre-determined intervals (such as biweekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly).

4.     Retesting of private wells in an expedited time frame to verify a result.

5.     Replacement of a private well with municipal water supplies (connection only, water use paid by homeowner once connected).

6.     Provision of domestic water treatment at residence.