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Current coverage of well water contamination, water quality legislation, and water safety research — for private well owners who want to understand what's actually happening in their water supply.

Uranium Bacteria Private Wells June 28, 2026

What's in the Water? A Nationwide Well Water Crisis Is Testing America's Assumptions About Safe Drinking

Uranium in an Idaho behavioral health facility, E. coli in a San Antonio groundwater system, Nebraska farm families who haven't tested their wells in years. Three stories from this summer expose the same core failure: monitoring gaps are widest where oversight is least required — and 43 million Americans on private wells have no safety net at all.

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Well Water Fix covers water quality, filtration systems, and water safety for private well owners. Our news section tracks contamination events, water quality legislation, and research that affects the 43 million Americans on private wells — the people most likely to fall through the regulatory cracks.