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Water Quality Concerns

  • Arsenic [1]
  • Bacteria and Microorganisms [2]
  • Hard Water  [3]
  • Heavy Metals  [4]
  • Iron and Manganese  [5]
  • Nitrates  [6]
  • Road Salts [7]
  • Homeowner Deicing Salt Stewardship [8]
  • Radium [9]
  • Sodium in Your Drinking Water [10]
  • Sodium and Chloride  [11]
  • Sulfates and Hydrogen Sulfide [12]
  • [12]Total Dissolved Solids  [13]

Drinking Water Treatment

  • About Water Treatment Devices [14]
  • [14]Drinking Water Interpretation Tool [15]
  • [14]What Questions to Ask When Purchasing Water Treatment Equipment  [16]

 

Groundwater and Wells

  • How a Well Works Video [17]
  • How a Well is Drilled Video [18]
  • [18]Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) Water Supply Website [19]
  • [19]Maryland Delaware Well Water Association (MDWWA) Website [20]
  • [20]Maryland Coastal Plain Aquifers [21]
  • [21]Maryland Piedmont Aquifers [22]
  • Well Bladder Pressure Tank Problems [23]
  • [23]Well Inspection Video [24]
  • Road Salt Impact on Drinking Water Poster.pdf [25]

 

Septic Systems 

  • Additives and Septic Systems [26]
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Septic Website [27]
  • Homeowner's Guide to Evaluating Service Contracts  [28]
  • [28]Household Chemical and Your Septic System [29]
  • Maintaining Your Septic System - A Guide for Homeowners [30]
  • Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association Website [31]
  • [30]Maryland Department of the Enviornment (MDE) Onsite Systems Website [32]
  • Septic System Maintenance and Soils [33]
  • [33]Maryland Septic System Resources [34] [33]
Files: 
PDF icon Road Salt Impact on Drinking Water Poster.pdf [35]
Section: 
Well Water and Septic Systems [36]
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[1] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Arsenic.pdf
[2] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Bacteria and Microorganisms.pdf
[3] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Hard%20Water.pdf
[4] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Heavy%20Metals.PDF
[5] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Iron%20and Manganese.PDF
[6] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Nitrates.PDF
[7] http://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Marylander/Pages/roadSalt.aspx
[8] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/Homeowner Deicing Salt Stewardship.pdf
[9] http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/water_supply/Pages/radium.aspx
[10] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/locations/cmrec/Sodium%20in well water FS 1084 with calc.pdf
[11] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Sodium%20and Chloride.PDF
[12] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Sulfate and Hydrogen Sulfides.PDF
[13] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Total%20Dissolved Solids.pdf
[14] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Water%20Treatment Device .pdf
[15] http://dwit.psiee.psu.edu/dwit.asp
[16] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Questions.PDF
[17] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=592Aw_ExaaY
[18] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6V450StO4&t=8s
[19] http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/Water_Supply/Pages/Be_Well_Wise.aspx
[20] https://www.mdwwa.org/
[21] http://www.mgs.md.gov/reports/FS_20.pdf
[22] http://www.mgs.md.gov/reports/FS_19.pdf
[23] https://www.doh.wa.gov/portals/1/Documents/pubs/331-342.pdf
[24] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAbLpEilxR4
[25] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/Road Salt Impact on Drinking Water Poster.pdf
[26] https://breathingroom.umd.edu/2018/08/21/take-septic-additives-off-the-shopping-list/
[27] https://www.epa.gov/septic
[28] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Homeowner's%20Guide to Evaluating Service Contracts .pdf
[29] http://waterquality.cce.cornell.edu/publications/CCEWQ-16-HouseholdChemicalsSeptic.pdf
[30] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_images/uploaded/Maintaining%20Your Septic System - A Guide for Homeowners .pdf
[31] https://www.mowpa.org/MOWPA/
[32] http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/BayRestorationFund/OnsiteDisposalSystems/Pages/OnsiteSystems.aspx
[33] https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/show_ep3_pdf/1532358380/23229/
[34] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/Maryland Septic System Resources.pdf
[35] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/Road%20Salt%20Impact%20on%20Drinking%20Water%20Poster.pdf
[36] https://extension.umd.edu/sections/well-water-and-septic-systems