For this article, the USA Today Network took a look at what private well users need to know about PFAS pollution, testing and water treatment.

"Since dogs often drink from the same water sources as their human families, they may be the first to show signs of long-term ...

Communities serviced by municipal systems can be reasonably confident that the water used for drinking, washing or irrigation contains no elevated levels of toxins or other contaminants. However, s… ...

But not for Americans using private wells. An estimated 43 million Americans get water from wells they own. Should government require them to test and treat their own water?

Health officials upgraded a recent travel warning amid a concerning surge of an illness that can cause pain lasting for years.

People receiving drinking water from non-community systems such as private wells are not included. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shortly before the election, Kennedy wrote in ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts residents support strengthening drinking water protections for the more than 500,000 residents of the state who use private wells, according to fresh poll results ...

Public water systems part of the public health system The Des Moines and Raccoon rivers serve as two of the primary water sources for hundreds of thousands of Central Iowans.

As waters rise across Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health urges private well users to plan ahead.

The test will provide a bacteria analysis of private well water affected by the flood water.

If you have a private well in Minnesota, there's around a 10% chance the water coming out of your kitchen sink is contaminated.