As part of Groundwater Awareness Week, the Glastonbury Health Department is offering a free water uranium sampling opportunity for town residents.  Glastonbury homeowners can collect their own well water samples and return the sample to the Glastonbury Health Department for screening.  Samples will be tested by the State Public Health Laboratory at no cost to the homeowner, and results will be provided back to the homeowner. 

Water testing bottles will be available for pick up at the Riverfront Community Center (300 Welles Street) on Wednesday, March 13, from 5pm to 8pm. Pre-registration is encouraged to ensure a sample bottle is held for you. To pre-register, please click here and complete a brief form.  Samples must be collected in the bottles provided on March 13th and returned within 3 days of the date the sample was taken.  Sample collection instructions will be provided with the bottles. 

All samples must be returned, (in-person), to the Health Department, located on the third level of Town Hall, by no later than Friday, March 29, 2019.  Office hours are Monday-Friday, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Please note, this well water sampling opportunity is for residents who were NOT contacted as part of the Town’s joint well water testing series with DPH and DEEP, which is currently underway in the Chestnut Hill Road area.  As of March 5, 2019, Town staff have contacted all property owners who will have their well water tested through that effort through written notice and/or a hand-delivered letter left at their property doorstep.  Any property owner who has NOT received such notice will NOT be among the properties tested in that neighborhood and is therefore strongly encouraged to participate in the free uranium sampling event on March 13th.

Residents are encouraged to preregister for the March 13th event to ensure a sample bottle is held for you.  If you are unable to attend but would like to obtain a sample bottle, a friend or family member may pick one up on your behalf.  If you have any questions about this event or well water, water testing, and testing laboratories, please contact the Health Department at (860) 652-7534 or visit www.glastonbury-ct.gov/wellwater.