Healthy Water Door County, a fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce a second round of free well-testing for Door County residents. This program is part of a long-term initiative to promote high quality drinking water while providing a convenient way for Door County residents to monitor their well water.
Healthy Water Door County was created to address critical water quality issues in our area. “Door County’s unique geography makes our water vulnerable,” says Bret Bicoy, President & CEO of the Door County Community Foundation. “As a peninsula situated on the Niagara Escarpment, our thin soil layer, combined with the vertical and horizontal fracturing common in our bedrock, makes protecting our water a priority.”
Healthy Water Door County’s mission is to protect our community’s human, environmental, and economic health by guarding against threats to our water. It is with this mission in mind that Healthy Water has awarded a grant to the Environmental Research and Innovation Center at UW Oshkosh to conduct a county-wide well monitoring program during the weekend of June 3 & 4 and June 10 & 11. This grant should provide free test kits to virtually any Door County property owner or resident who would like one. Of course, if participants choose to purchase a test kit, the money saved will be used to support other water projects in Door County.
Over both weekends, residents will be able to pick up testing kits and ask questions of the experts on hand from UW Oshkosh. Water samples may then be brought back to the pick-up sites that same day, the next day, or the following week for analysis. The well water tests include bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead, and iron tests, funded by Healthy Water Door County.
Test Kits may be picked up and dropped off at the following locations:
Friday, June 3rd, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 4th, from 9 a.m. to Noon
- Clay Banks Town Hall – 6098 County Road OO, Sturgeon Bay
- Crossroads at Big Creek – 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay
- Sister Bay Liberty Grove Fire Department – 2258 Mill Rd, Sister Bay
Friday, June 10th, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 11th, from 9 a.m. to Noon
- Clay Banks Town Hall – 6098 County Road OO, Sturgeon Bay
- Crossroads at Big Creek – 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay
- Sister Bay Liberty Grove Fire Department – 2258 Mill Rd, Sister Bay
Please note, due to construction, there is an alternate route to reach Crossroads at Big Creek:
Cross Highway 42 at County T. Follow County T to Big Creek Road and turn right. Follow Big Creek Road to Lily Bay Road and turn right. Follow Lily Bay which merges with Michigan at Crossroads.
For more information about well testing, contact Caitlin Koller of the Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) at UW Oshkosh at (920) 424-3148, or email kollerc@uwosh.edu.
For more information about Healthy Water Door County, or to make a contribution, visit www.HealthyWaterDoorCounty.org.
The Door County Community Foundation, Inc. is a collection of separate charitable funds set up by individuals, families, non-profit organizations, private foundations and businesses that are managed, invested and disbursed for the current and future good of Door County. The Foundation was launched in 1999 and currently administers more than $16 million in charitable assets. For more information about the Door County Community Foundation, visit us online at www.GiveDoorCounty.org.
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