<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:TransportNew,Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Most private wells provide a clean, safe supply of water for many people in North Carolina. But sometimes contaminants can get into your well water and make you sick. As a private well owner, it is up to you to <a href="https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/wellwater/faqs.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(44,117,179)">test your water</a> to ensure it is safe to use.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:TransportNew,Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The majority of private drinking water wells in North Carolina are supplied by groundwater. Our groundwater is typically composed of rain and snowmelt that seeps into the ground and flows between the soil, clay, and small cracks in underground rocks before it finally becomes groundwater and enters the well supply. Because contaminants can also follow this pathway and influence the quality of the well water, private <a href="https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/programs/wellwater.html">well </a>owners must take special precautions to ensure the protection and maintenance of their drinking water supplies.</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/programs/wellwater.html">https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/programs/wellwater.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">be a kind human</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bonita Green</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>