FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Drinking Water Testing Available – UPDATED Information

by TownOfAlbany

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Tonya Gratz, Soil Conservationist, Green County LWCD

Phone:  608-325-4195 ext 2684

E-mail:  Tonya.Gratz@wi.nacdnet.net

Drinking Water Testing Available

Do you own a private well in Green County?  If you are interested in learning more about drinking water and the quality of your water, the upcoming drinking water testing program is an opportunity to have your well water tested at a reduced cost and learn of the results during an educational program with drinking water experts.  Groundwater specialists strongly encourage rural residents to test their water at least once every 15 months.

This program is neither mandatory nor regulatory.  It is completely voluntary.  Those who participate will receive the results of their water tests during an educational program in May. Individual results will be kept confidential.

Options for Well Testing:

  • Homeowner Package (Includes tests for nitrate, coliform bacteria, pH, alkalinity, and hardness.) Cost = $78.00
  • Metals Package (Tests for arsenic, lead, copper, iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, potassium, and sulfate.)    Cost = $75.00
  • Triazine Screen (Includes tests for triazine type pesticides like atrazine) Cost = $45.00

If you choose all three packages the cost is $190, a discount of $8.

Bottles will be available for pick-up at the following locations and times listed.  Bottles must be filled and returned on Monday, March 2nd, to the site where you picked up your bottles.  Tests must be paid for when the bottles are picked up.

Results will be available on the evening of May 12, 2026 at 6PM during a free educational seminar at the Albany Lions Club.  Everyone will have the opportunity to ask questions and individual results will be kept confidential.    If you are unable to attend this program to obtain your results, they will be mailed to you.

This program is possible due to a partnership between the Towns of Albany, Brooklyn, Exeter, Mt. Pleasant and Green County LWCD. It is open to all private well owners in Green County. In order to participate in this testing program, register by 8am on Monday, February 9, 2026 by registering with this google form https://forms.gle/ZtsEsgftmLpMLipg6 or contacting Tonya Gratz with the Green County Land and Water Conservation Department by phone at 608-325-4195 extension 2684 or via e-mail at Tonya.Gratz@wi.nacdnet.net.