IDPH Recommends Water Well Testing for Private Wells Near Woodstock

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Woodstock area (McHenry County) to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Routine testing of Woodstock’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 cis-1,2-dichloroethene was detected at levels lower than the Illinois Groundwater Standard. Although…