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Blugolds connect with residents with private water wells

WEAU · last updated

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) — As PFAS concerns grow in western Wisconsin, Blugold researchers are making a big difference in Eau Claire County.

Students are working with the City-County Health Department to reach the countless residents who rely on private wells for their water. They’re going out in the field and connecting residents with PFAS testing equipment.

The more-than 10,000 private wells in Eau Claire County are unregulated. That means most have never been tested.

“With this partnership, we were able to offer some of those PFAS tests for free, and we found that there isn’t a good predictor of where PFAS might be found or where it isn’t. Sometimes neighbors have a very different result when it comes to PFAS,” said Audrey Boerner, Public Health Specialist, Eau Claire City-County Health Department.

If you rely on a private well and are interested in checking for PFAS or other contaminants, you can call the City-County Health Department. They’ll set you up with a kit.

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