{"id":139,"date":"2021-08-31T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/?p=139"},"modified":"2021-10-04T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:43:06","slug":"well-water-after-a-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/2021\/08\/well-water-after-a-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Well Water After a Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hurricane\/Tropical Storm Ida will bring a lot of rain to Northeast Georgia in the next few days. If you are on private well water be sure to check out the following UGA publications. A flood is described as &#8220;water from heavy rain, storms, or hurricanes that spills or seeps into a household drinking water well,&#8221; (UGA publication- <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Ensuring Safe Private Well Water for Household<\/span>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few things you should do after the flood: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>READ-<\/strong> Circular 1124 \u2013 Ensuring Safe Private Well Water for Household Use After a Flood &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C1124\">https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C1124<\/a><\/li><li>Inspect the well <\/li><li>Inspect the electrical system <\/li><li>Decontaminate the well<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information please read the following publications. They will provide information if someone has a well that is contaminated with flood water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Circulation 858-2 \u2013 Testing for Water Quality &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C858-2&amp;title=Testing%20for%20Water%20Quality#Which\">https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C858-2&amp;title=Testing%20for%20Water%20Quality#Which<\/a><\/li><li>Circular 858-8 \u2013 Disinfecting Your Well Water: Shock Chlorination&nbsp; &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C858-4&amp;title=Disinfecting%20Your%20Well%20Water:%20Shock%20Chlorination\">https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C858-4&amp;title=Disinfecting%20Your%20Well%20Water:%20Shock%20Chlorination<\/a><\/li><li>Bulletin 939 \u2013 Water Quality and Common Treatments for Private Drinking Water Systems &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=B939&amp;title=Water%20Quality%20and%20Common%20Treatments%20for%20Private%20Drinking%20Water%20Systems\">https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=B939&amp;title=Water%20Quality%20and%20Common%20Treatments%20for%20Private%20Drinking%20Water%20System<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Gary Hawkins, University of Georgia Water Resource Management and Policy Specialist, for the information! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane\/Tropical Storm Ida will bring a lot of rain to Northeast Georgia in the next few days. If you are on private well water be sure to check out the following UGA publications. A flood is described as &#8220;water from heavy rain, storms, or hurricanes that spills or seeps into a household drinking water well,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","category-well-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}