Is My Water Safe to Drink? – Recorded Live on August 5, 2025 In this webinar recording you’ll learn about caring for your private well and best practices to protect your water supply from contamination. The webinar will answer questions such as: How to get your well water tested, What you need to do to take care of your well, and If your well susceptible to contamination. Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. August 5, 2025 By Katie Buckley For well owners, Webinar Recordings video 0 0 Comment Read More »
2025 Private Well Conference – Recorded Live May 20-22, 2025 The 2025 Private Well Conference, held May 20-22, 2025 in Bloomington-Normal, IL, was a national workshop that united the private well community and emphasized the importance of collaboration and partnerships. The conference is a one-of-a-kind event with national scope and exclusive focus on private wells. The 92 attendees registered from 25 American states and 2 Canadian provinces at the two-and-a-half-day event included educators, public health professionals, drillers, researchers, and other stakeholders who shared new ideas in outreach and experiences with private wells and private well owners. The conference included 31 speakers, 26 presentations, a driller's panel, and seven 5-minute lightning talks! The 2025 Private Well Conference Presentations playlist. The 2025 Private Well Conference Presentation PDFs. This is the 5th National Private Well conference, and the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022, Private Well Conference presentations are also available online. Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. July 31, 2025 By Katie Buckley For environmental health professionals, For laboratory professionals, For real estate professionals, For septic system owners, Webinar Recordings video 0 0 Comment Read More »
Septic Systems 101 - Recorded Live on July 9, 2025 In this webinar recording you’ll learn about septic system management as part of a larger strategy to protect the water in your private well. Using best practices to maintain your septic system can also keep it in proper working order and prolong its life. The webinar will answer questions such as: What is safe to flush down your drains, Do you need to put additives in your septic tank, and How to prolong the life of your system. Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. July 9, 2025 By Katie Buckley For septic system owners, Webinar Recordings video 0 0 Comment Read More »
Well Care 101 - Recorded Live on June 12, 2025 In this webinar recording you’ll learn well care best practices and how to ensure the water in your well is safe to drink. The webinar will focus on topics such as: In this webinar recording you’ll learn well care best practices and how to ensure the water in your well is safe to drink. The webinar will answer questions such as: How to determine if your water is safe for drinking, Simple best practices for well maintenance, and Solutions to the most common well problems. PrivateWellClass.org is a service of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Funding has been provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership. Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. June 12, 2025 By Katie Buckley For well owners, Webinar Recordings video 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Private Well Owners and Well Professionals Need to know about PFAS – Recorded Live on May 29, 2025 In this recorded webinar, you’ll learn information and support for environmental health professionals and homeowners dealing with PFAS issues. Our guest presenters are PFAS experts who have extensive experience assessing PFAS in private well water; Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson is the Twisdale Family Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department Head at North Carolina State University. Jennifer Hoponick Redmon is Senior Director of the Environmental Health and Water Quality Program at RTI International. The webinar will answer questions such as: PFAS occurrences in private wells, How PFAS gets into their well water, common findings, why and when they should test, and Situations where it is more likely that they might have a PFAS issue in their well water (i.e. more vulnerable aquifers, etc.). frameborder="0"> Click here to sign up for our free well care e-course. May 29, 2025 By Katie Buckley For environmental health professionals, For well owners, Webinar Recordings video 0 0 Comment Read More »