{"id":5580,"date":"2015-12-20T09:45:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T14:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=5580"},"modified":"2015-12-20T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T14:45:28","slug":"testing-wells-after-rainy-weather-helps-ensure-safe-water-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/12\/testing-wells-after-rainy-weather-helps-ensure-safe-water-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing wells after rainy weather helps ensure safe water supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Kolich, the Forsyth County GA Extension Agent, has published a timely article in the <em>Athens Banner-Herald<\/em> this week. \u00a0In the article, she explains why now is such a good time to test your home water wells. \u00a0Recent rainy weather had the potential to wash pollutants and chemicals into your water table, which could negatively impact water quality and safety. \u00a0The article describes the kinds of tests that are available and when you should test. \u00a0Contact your local Extension agent for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineathens.com\/uga\/2015-12-19\/testing-helps-assure-healthy-well-water-after-wet-weather\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/onlineathens.com\/uga\/2015-12-19\/testing-helps-assure-healthy-well-water-after-wet-weather<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5581\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/Old_hand_water_pump.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5581\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/Old_hand_water_pump-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Old hand water pump, Alapaha GA.  Source: Jud McCranie, Commons Wikimedia\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/Old_hand_water_pump-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/Old_hand_water_pump-92x138.jpg 92w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/Old_hand_water_pump.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old hand water pump, Alapaha GA. Source: Jud McCranie, Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Kolich, the Forsyth County GA Extension Agent, has published a timely article in the Athens Banner-Herald this week. \u00a0In the article, she explains why now is such a good time to test your home water wells. \u00a0Recent rainy weather had the potential to wash pollutants and chemicals into your water table, which could negatively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":5581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-extension-agent-outreach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}