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Well Care Videos

What Environmental Health Professionals Need to Know about Wells - Recorded Live on January 30, 2025

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This webinar recording discusses private well topics that environmental health professionals might encounter in the field. The webinar will answer questions such as:

  • Challenges and issues that environmental health professionals face,
  • Groundwater, wells, and well owner attitudes, and
  • Gaps between groundwater and health professionals.


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Legionella Workshop - Recorded Live on January 22, 2025

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This webinar recording shares advances in Legionella testing and occurrence with practitioners and researchers related to results and challenges. This recording is a collaboration between the Private Well Class at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, along with the New York State Department of Health and the Southern Nevada Health District. This one-day virtual workshop took place on January 22, 2025.

This workshop was for informational purposes only, to present study results related to Legionella in home water systems. The presentation by the New Jersey Department of Health included home sampling initiatives, single case investigations, travel-related single cases, the regulatory framework and research efforts in New York State, and efforts to evaluate the occurrence of Legionella in homes on private wells. The goal of the workshop was to share advances in Legionella testing and occurrence with practitioners and researchers related to results and challenges.

 


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Is My Water Safe to Drink? – Recorded Live on December, 2024

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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.


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Well Care 101 - Recorded Live on November 21, 2024

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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.


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Groundwater and Well Construction 101 – Recorded Live on October 30, 2024

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In this recorded webinar, you’ll learn about how water moves through the ground to your well and how well construction can increase contamination vulnerability. The webinar will answer questions such as:

 

  • Types of wells and well construction,
  • The basic components of a well system, and
  • Water treatment options.

 

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