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Get to Know Your Groundwater

Get to Know Your Groundwater. By Jenny Erickson Sauk County UW-Extension. The purpose of the program is to make it as convenient as possible to: Test your water Understand results Learn how to address issues (if any). Why Continue to Test Your Drinking Water?.

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Get to Know Your Groundwater

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  1. Get to Know Your Groundwater By Jenny Erickson Sauk County UW-Extension

  2. The purpose of the program is to make it as convenient as possible to: • Test your water • Understand results • Learn how to address issues (if any)

  3. Why Continue to Test Your Drinking Water? • Public wells are regulated, but private well owners are responsible for testing and treating their drinking water. • Water can look, smell and taste fine, but it may still be contaminated.

  4. Where can I get my water tested? The “homeowner package” drinking water testing bottles are always available at the Sauk County UW-Extension Office.

  5. When Should I test Again??

  6. The Water Cycle Precipitation Transpiration Infiltration Runoff Evaporation Percolation Well Unsaturated Zone Water Table Runoff Groundwater River

  7. Groundwater Terms

  8. How Much Groundwater Does Wisconsin have Anyway??

  9. Aquifer – A water bearing geological formation. WI DNR

  10. Defining Watershed Boundaries

  11. Groundwater Movement Impermeable bedrock

  12. Groundwater flow Impermeable bedrock

  13. Questions?

  14. Groundwater Basics Unsaturated Zone Soil Particles Water Table Saturated Zone All the water below the water table is considered groundwater.

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