From staff reports
Penn State Extension will provide no-cost drinking water testing for lead and other pollutants in a limited number of private wells, springs and cisterns in Clarion County.
Penn State Extension has received funding from the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide no-cost drinking water testing to a limited number of homeowners in Clarion County using private water wells, springs or cisterns.
The testing is for private water supplies that are actively being used for drinking water in the household or rental unit. Camps or seasonal households that are not continuously used are not eligible for this program. The commercial value of this water testing would be $125.
Once residents register, they may pick up a drinking water test kit at the Penn State Extension office at 8 Grant St., Clarion, between May 6 and June 10.
Instructions on how to collect the water sample are included in the kit.
Results of the testing will be available during two separate one-hour workshops to be held at 2 or 6 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at the Trinity Point of God Church, 180 W. Trinity Drive, Clarion. Registrants will be required to attend one of the sessions to get the results of their tests.
Anyone with questions about this no-cost testing program may contact Danielle Rhea at (814) 849-7361 or by email at drs5277@psu.edu.