{"id":479,"date":"2018-05-01T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/?p=479"},"modified":"2022-12-29T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T01:14:19","slug":"radon-detected-in-county-well-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/radon-detected-in-county-well-water\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Radon detected in county well water<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/radon-kit-300x188.png\" alt=\"The parts of a radon test laid out on a table.\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/radon-kit-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/radon-kit.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laboratory testing detected radon in a Forsyth County private well this month. UGA and CDC recommend annual testing of well water used for drinking. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather N. Kolich, ANR Agent, UGA Extension Forsyth County<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, on a property just outside the Cumming city limits, a private well used for household drinking water tested positive for radon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when geologic deposits of uranium and radium decay. The odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas can be released from underground rocks like granite. Wells that are drilled into granitic crystalline rock aquifers, as is common in North Georgia, are at risk of becoming <a href=\"http:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C858-16&amp;title=Radon%20in%20Your%20Water\">contaminated with radon<\/a>. Fortunately, a whole-house aeration or granular activated carbon treatment system can remove radon from well water at the point where the water enters the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Georgia and the Centers for Disease Control recommend annual chemical and microbial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caes.uga.edu\/newswire\/story.html?storyid=5683\">testing for well water<\/a> used for drinking. Please contact our office at 770-887-2418 for information on recommended tests and instructions on collecting water samples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, on a property just outside the Cumming city limits, a private well used for household drinking water tested positive for radon.<\/p>\n<p>Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when geologic deposits of uranium and radium decay. The odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas can be released from underground rocks like granite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[120,163],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anr","tag-radon","tag-radon-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}