About 1 in 8 American residents get their drinking water from a private well. And about 1 in 5 sampled private wells were found to be contaminated at levels that could affect health.
CDC helps health departments reduce harmful exposures from wells.
Explore these CDC private well resources for environmental health professionals.
Learn more about potential contaminants, their effects on health, and CDC’s role in this work.
Learn how to start a drinking water program to protect people in your community whose water comes from private wells.
Read success stories from health departments working to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their safe drinking water programs.
Take CDC’s Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) for safer well water through stronger public health programs.
Improve the performance and quality of the services your drinking water program offers with these additional free resources.
- Private ground water wells
- Well maintenance
- Drinking water on the Tracking Network
- Water-related research