By Ta’Leah Van Sistine, community reporter/editor
Eau Claire County residents have until Thursday (Sept. 16) to submit their private well water samples to the City-County Health Department for discounted nitrate and bacteria testing.
The discount is being offered in celebration of “Protect Your Groundwater Day,” which was last Tuesday (Sept. 7), according to a health department press release. Protect Your Groundwater Day, according to the National Ground Water Association, is “an annual reminder for water well owners to test, tend and treat their private water systems.”
The health department said individual nitrate and bacteria tests are each eligible for a $6 discount when the tests are returned with payment to its office at 720 Second Ave. before Thursday (Sept. 16)
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