Dateline: June 12, 2003

Water district busy collecting samples

The time has come once again for the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District to start its annual water quality program. 

The District will begin collecting samples from around the district during the week of June 9 and ending around September 1.  Some 275 samples will be tested for nitrates, sulfates, iron, fluoride, ammonia, chloride, alkalinity, hardness, specific conductivity, total dissolved solids, and pH.

Since this is the 2003 season, wells in the program with odd state well numbers or any well that exceeded a state secondary drinking water standard in years past will be sampled.  Depending on whether or not the water well ever exceeded a state standard, the District will test the same well on an every year or every other year basis.  Knowing the water came from the same well and water source enables the District to compare past results to the newly gathered data.