THE AMERICAN WELL OWNER©
Informational articles about ground water, private water supply and 
well maintenance for America ’s well owners in order to maintain safe,
 reliable water supplies from their wells.

Articles by Year/Issue Articles in Alphabetical Order
Year-Issue Articles
2006-4 Understanding Water Test Reports
Pesticides and Ground Water
How Much is a PPM? (Parts Per
    Million)
2006-3 (Part 2) Waste Water Disposal:  The
      Absorption Field
What is Water Well Grout?
Dissolved Silica in Ground Water
2006-2 (Part 1) Waste Water Disposal: The Septic 
      Tank
Free Flow - The Market Cost of Water
Aquifer Storage and Recovery
2006-1 Protection of the Environment -  Quality  of
     Life
Safe Yield Concepts for Home Wells
Testing for Arsenic in Ground Water
2005-4 Sinkholes-How Do They Form?
Ground Water in Alaska
What is a Water Quality MCL?
2005-3 Flooding and Water Wells
Corrosive Water
Ground Water at the Coast
2005-2 The Top Ten Ground Water States
Ups and Downs of the Water Table
Viruses and Bacteria-What are the 
      Differences?
2005-1 Septic System Additives
Chemicals in the Home - Storage and Handling
Aquifer Porosity and Permeability
2004-4 Ozonation Water Treatment for Private Wells
Mixing Surface and Ground Water
Lightning and Wells
2004-3 How to Choose a Water Testing Laboratory
When is an Aquifer Full?
Methane in Ground Water
2004-2 Water from Space
1, 2, 3 – Trichloropropane in Ground Water
Road Salt in Your Well
2004-1 Who Owns Well Water
What Can We Learn from a Cone of
     Depression
How to Fix a Declining Well Yield
2003-4 Drugs in Your Water
Well Casing – Steel or Plastic
Ground Water Misconceptions
2003-3 Acid Rain and Ground Water pH
Conservation Math – Tooth Brush Water
River Flow and Ground Water
2003-2 Endangered Species Act
Hydrofracturing Of Wells
Perchlorate In Ground Water
2003-1 Punish A Delinquent – Away The Stink Went
     (Water Quality –Historical Note)
Solutions to Hardness Problems
Water Contamination From Backflow?
2002-4 Solutions to Nitrate Problems
The Importance of Sealing a Well Casing
The Taste of Water
2002-3 Solutions to Iron Problems
Geysers-How Do They Work?
What Have We Done to the Ogallala Aquifer
Drought and Ground Water
2002-2 Coliform and E. coli Bacteria
How Deep Should My Well Be?
Solution to Sulfur Problems (Rotten egg smell)
2002-1 Solutions to Manganese Problems
Arsenic in Ground Water – An Update
How Much Water is on the Earth
Bioterrorism and Your Water Well
2001-4 Well Caps - More Than Just a Lid
Rainwater Cisterns for Homes
Water Witching and Dowsing
Do it Yourself Water Wells
2001-3 How Old is Your Well Water?
Regulations Relating to Home Well
     Construction
Point of Use (POU) and Point of Entry 
     (POE) Treatment
Homeowner Benefits of Water Conservation
2001-2 Fluoride in Drinking Water
Abraham Lincoln - The Ground Water 
     Connection
Golf Courses and Ground Water Resources
How to "Open up and Close Down" a  Summer
     Home Well
2001-1 How to Choose a Water Conditioning
     Contractor
America's Biggest Water Well
The ABCs of Water Testing
Green Lawns and Safe Wells
2000-4 Is Arsenic Really A Problem? 
Do You Own The Water In Your Well? 
Use Of Gray Water For Irrigation 
Service Contacts For Well Owners
2000-3 Well Screens - What Do They Do? 
How To Measure Water Level In A Well 
How To Make Clear Ice Cubes 
Springs As Water Sources 
2000-2 What Is A Watershed? 
Does Water Softener Salt Cause Problems? 
Variable Speed Water Pumps 
Is Bottled Water Just Water In A Bottle?
2000-1 Nitrate In Ground Water 
How Fast Can Ground Water Move? 
How To Safely Seal Old Wells 
Acid Rain And Ground Water Quality
1999-4 Radon 
UV Irradiation
1999-3 Lead And Plumbing 
Shock Chlorination 
What Is That Tank In My Basement? 
Electrical Generators And Water Pumps
1999-2 How Do Water Well Pumps Work? 
Choosing A Well Contractor 
Activated Carbon Filtration 
Garden Irrigation
1999-1 MTBE And Ground Water - What Is It All
     About? 
Y2K And Your Well - Have You Thought
    About It? 
Fixing Iron Problems In Well Water
1998-2 When Did You Last Check Your Septic
     System? 
Chlorine In The News - Is It Good Or Bad? 
Pumping Every Day For Twenty Nine Years Geoexchange - A Smart Way To Save Energy
     And Dollars
1998-1 Wells With Buckets On A Rope Belong In History Books  
Do You Need A Water Softener?
2001-2   Abraham Lincoln - The Ground Water
              Connection         
2003-3   Acid Rain and Ground Water pH
2000-1   Acid Rain And Ground Water Quality

2005-4   Alaska, Ground Water in 
2005-1   Aquifer Porosity and Permeability
2006-2   Aquifer Storage and Recovery
2004-3   Aquifer: When is an Aquifer Full? 
2002-3   Aquifer, What Have We Done to the Ogallala 
2000-4   Arsenic, Is it Really A Problem? 
2002-1   Arsenic in Ground Water – An Update
2006-1   Arsenic in Ground Water,  Testing for
2002-1   Bioterrorism and Your Water Well
2000-2   Bottled Water: Is it Just Water In A Bottle?
1999-2   Carbon Filtration, Activated 
2005-1   Chemicals in the Home - Storage and Handling

1998-2   Chlorine In The News - Is It Good Or Bad?

2001-4   Cisterns (Rainwater) for Homes
2000-3   Clear Ice Cubes, How To Make 
2005-3   Coastal Ground Water
2002-2   Coliform and E. coli Bacteria

2004-1   Cone of Depression: What Can We Learn
2003-3   Conservation Math – Tooth Brush Water
2005-3   Corrosive Water
2002-3   Drought and Ground Water

2003-4   Drugs in Your Water
2002-1   Earth's Water
1999-1   Emergency Water Supply 
2003-2   Endangered Species Act

1999-1   Fixing Iron Problems In Well Water

2005-3   Flooding and Water Wells
2001-2   Fluoride in Ground Water

1999-2   Garden Irrigation
1999-3   Generators And Water Pumps
1998-2   Geoexchange - A Smart Way To Save Energy and
              Dollars
2002-3   Geysers-How Do They Work?

2001-2   Golf Courses and Ground Water Resources
2000-4   Gray Water For Irrigation, Use Of 
2001-1   Green Lawns and Safe Wells
2003-4   Ground Water Misconceptions
2003-3   Ground Water and River Flow
2000-1   Ground Water: Speed of Flow    
2005-2   Ground Water States, The Top Ten 
2002-4   Ground Water: Taste
2003-2   Hydrofracturing Of Wells
2002-3   Iron Problems, Solutions to 
1999-3   Lead And Plumbing 
2004-4   Lightning and Wells

2002-1   Manganese Problems, Solutions to 
2004-3   Methane in Ground Water
2004-4   Mixing Surface Water and Ground Water
1999-1   MTBE And Ground Water - What Is It All About? 
2000-1   Nitrate In Ground Water 
2002-4   Nitrate Problems, Solutions to 
              Oil Storage & Wells
2004-4   Ozonation Water Treatment for Private Wells
2003-2   Perchlorate In Ground Water
2006-4   Pesticides and Ground Water
2001-3   Point of Use (POU) and Point of Entry (POE)
              Treatment

1999-3   Pressure Tanks 
1999-3   Radon 

2003-3   River Flow and Ground Water
2004-2   Road Salt in Your Well
2006-2   Septic System - Waste Water Disposal: The Septic
              Tank (Part 1)
2006-3   Septic System - Waste Water Disposal: The 
              Absorption Field (Part 2)
2005-1   Septic System Additives

1998-2   Septic System, When Did You Last Check Your 
1999-3   Shock Chlorination Procedure
2006-3   Silica: Dissolved Silica in Ground Water
2005-4   Sinkholes-How Do They Form?
2002-2   Sulfur Problems (Rotten egg smell), Solution to 
2000-3   Springs As Water Sources 
2004-2   Trichloropropane in Ground Water  
1999-3   Ultraviolet Treatment
2005-2   Viruses and Bacteria-What are the Differences?

2001-1   Water Conditioning Contractor: How to Choose One 
2001-3   Water Conservation, Homeowner Benefits of 
2003-1   Water Contamination From Backflow?
2006-2   Water Cost: Free Flow-The Market Cost of Water
2001-4   Water Dowsing
2004-2   Water From Space
2003-1   Water Hardness Solutions
1998-2   Water Pumps: How Long Do They Last?
2000-2   Water Pressure Problems
2000-2   Watershed, What Is A 
2003-1   Water Quality – Historical Note
2005-4   Water Quality MCL, What is a 
1998-1   Water Softener: Do You Need One?
2000-2   Water Softener Salt: Does it Cause Problems? 
2005-2   Water Table, Ups and Downs of the 
2001-1   Water Testing, The ABCs of 
2004-3   Water Testing Laboratory: How to Choose One
2006-4   Water Test Data: How much is a PPM?
              (Parts Per Million)
2006-4   Water Test Reports, How to Understand
2001-1   Water Well: America's Biggest 
2002-2   Water Well: How Deep Should My Well Be?
2001-4   Water Well: Do it Yourself 
2000-4   Water Well: Do You Own The Water In Your  Well? 
2006-3   Water Well Grout: What is it?
2004-1   Water Well: Who Owns It?
2000-3   Water Well - Level: How To Measure 
2000-1   Well Abandonment  
2001-4   Well Caps - More Than Just a Lid

2003-4   Well Casing – Steel or Plastic

2002-4   Well Casing, The Importance of Sealing
1999-2   Well Contractor, Choosing A 
1998-1   Well, Dug
1999-2   Well Pumps: How Do They  Work? 
2001-3   Well Regulations 
2000-3   Well Screens - What Do They Do? 
2000-4   Well Service Contract 
2001-2   Well Use: Seasonal
2001-3   Well Water, How Old is Your
2004-1   Well Yield: How to Fix a Declining 
2006-1   Well Yield: Safe Yield Concepts for Home Wells 

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