IL Health Department Recommends Water Well Testing for Private Wells Near Plainville

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Plainville area (Adams County) to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Routine testing of Plainville’s community water supply wells by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) indicates contaminants could be present in the area’s private wells.

The contaminant tetrachloroethylene was detected at levels lower than the Illinois Groundwater Standard. Although…