Friendship Area Water Sampling

Friendship Area Families with private drinking water wells tested their water in November 2018. There were only a few bacteria positive results, with no e. coli found, and only a few wells with nitrates in low levels. These results are typical for the Town and can be explained by the clay soils that help filter […]

Arsenic in Well Water

  January 28, 2016       Arsenic is a naturally-occurring mineral found in bedrock layers. Recent well water sampling programs in the Towns of Lamartine and Osceola found arsenic detects at a rate slightly higher than the state average. The EPA recommends avoiding long-term consumption of drinking water containing arsenic at a higher level […]

Drinking Water Sampling Program Completed

Fond du Lac County UW-Extension recently completed a drinking water sampling program in partnership with the Town of Ripon. 67 households sampled their wells, and 72 people attended the educational presentation at the Town Hall on April 13th.  Each participant received a packet of their own sampling results which were explained in the program. Here […]

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