Consumer Resources – British Columbia

HealthlinkBC – Well water testing (basic description of the type of testing and what to look for in the results of water quality testing)

HealthlinkBC – Disinfecting Drinking Water (why, when, and how to disinfect your water supply)

Other Healthlink BC files (partially targeted at well owners)

• Nitrate in well water | HealthLink BC
• Well water testing | HealthLink BC
• Cryptosporidium Infection | HealthLink BC
• Waterborne Infections in British Columbia | HealthLink BC
• Disinfecting Drinking Water | HealthLink BC
• Arsenic in Drinking Water | HealthLink BC
• Drinking Water Chlorination Facts | HealthLink BC
• Lead in Drinking Water | HealthLink BC
• Wildfire: Its effects on drinking water quality | HealthLink BC
• Manganese in Drinking Water | HealthLink BC

BC Regional Health Authority resources (for private well owners)

• Fraser Health – Private well owners (Resources to help private well owners ensure the safety and quality of their drinking water)

• Vancouver Coastal Health – Testing Your Well Water (private water well testing and what to look for in the results)

• Northern Health – Drinking water frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) (important question and answers relating to drinking water/private water wells)

• Northern Health – Drinking water resources (resources and guidelines for monitoring drinking water)

• Interior Health – Drinking Water (resources for drinking water and private water well owners)

Resources from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

• Plan & construct well, Before you Drill, contamination after flood, Find/Register Your Well, Find Septic Tank

• For domestic well registration

• Flow chart on private domestic well requirements

• If private well is used for non-domestic purposes such as irrigation, industrial etc., then water license is required

• Care and maintenance for your well, water quality testing, well ID plates, decommissioning

• Regional groundwater contact

Other Resources from the Ministry Health (may be used be private well owners but not targeted at them)

• Small Water System Guidebook
  Resources for water system operators – Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)
• Guidance document for determining groundwater at risk of containing pathogens (GARP)
  Ministry of Water, (gov.bc.ca)