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If you live in a flooded area of Dane County and own a private well, your water may be in danger of contamination from pollutants carried in floodwaters. Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC), in partnership with the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene, is offering free and expanded private well water testing services for impacted Dane County residents.

PHMDC recommends well owners impacted by flooding immediately stop drinking their well water and using it for cooking unless it has been boiled for one minute. The well, and the entire plumbing system, should be disinfected. This procedu...