At the well / national (any private household well)
Arsenic-in-groundwater certified-lab testing route (private wells) —.
Test your private well for arsenic at a certified lab using EPA Method 200.8 or 200.9. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $140 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofSample collected per certified lab protocol with signed chain of custody + Analytical method recorded: EPA Method 200.8 or 200.9 + Result reported in µg/L compared only to the 10 µg/L MCL + No household safe or unsafe verdict written + Elevated result routed per the iron law
- Open until2027-02-19
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Test your private well for arsenic at a certified lab using EPA Method 200.8 or 200.9. Arsenic occurs naturally in rock and soil nationwide, has no taste, odor, or color at drinking-water-relevant levels, and a household on a private well has nobody testing for it but themselves. USGS's own basin-fill aquifer survey found arsenic above the EPA limit in the West at more than twice the national rate, and a 2021 drought-impact study found the number of people at risk could rise more than half again as drought persists. A certified-lab result, read only against the EPA 10 microgram-per-liter standard, is the only reliable way to know.
Offer to pay $140. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Arsenic has no taste, odor, or color, so a clean-tasting sample is never read as reassurance. A result at or above the 10 µg/L MCL routes to the local or state health department and to alternative water; never recommend a treatment; wear eye protection.
The full safety list for this job:
- Only EPA Method 200.8 or 200.9 reliably measures arsenic at the 10 µg/L compliance level; EPA withdrew the older ICP-OES methods for arsenic specifically because their detection limit fell short, and no consumer field kit reaches certified-lab reliability either.
- Drought can raise arsenic concentrations in some aquifers (Lombard et al. 2021); a household in or near drought conditions is coached to retest rather than rely on an older result.
- This kingdom does not perform or recommend arsenic treatment or remediation, that stays the ecological library's water lane.
- Arsenic has no established safe level for long-term consumption.
- A treatment option is evaluated by a licensed professional; this packet never recommends a specific treatment.
- Read each product's label and Safety Data Sheet before use.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- A certified laboratory (state-certified/accredited for arsenic in drinking water via EPA Method 200.8 or 200.9), or a New Mexico Environment Department free water test fair where available
- The lab's own sample bottle and collection instructions
- A way to record local geologic context (known volcanic/granitic/sedimentary bedrock, prior area test results) if known
- A chain-of-custody form for a paid-lab sample
Steps
- 1. Confirm the source is a private well (the owner IS the water system, same law as this library's private-well-annual-screen standard) rather than a utility connection already covered by a Consumer Confidence Report.
- 2. Select a certified laboratory that specifically uses EPA Method 200.8 (ICP-MS) or 200.9 (GF-AAS) for arsenic — confirm the method before sending a sample, since EPA withdrew approval of the older ICP-OES methods (200.7 / Standard Methods 3120B) for arsenic specifically because their detection limit could not reliably measure compliance at the 10 µg/L MCL. Where a state agency runs a free water test fair using one of these methods (for example New Mexico's roughly 10-per-year, first-100-well-owners program), that counts as an equally valid route.
- 3. Collect the sample exactly per the lab's own bottle and preservation instructions (arsenic samples are typically preserved with nitric acid to prevent adsorption to the container) and complete a signed chain-of-custody form for a paid-lab sample.
- 4. Record any known local geologic context — volcanic or granitic bedrock, prior test results from nearby wells, a documented regional arsenic pattern — as context only, never as a substitute for this household's own current result.
- 5. When the result returns, report it in µg/L (ppb) and compare it explicitly to the EPA 10 µg/L MCL; never write a household 'safe' or 'unsafe' verdict.
- 6. If the household is in or approaching a drought period, note that as context (Lombard et al. 2021 found drought conditions can raise the probability of an elevated result) and coach a retest rather than relying on an older, pre-drought number.
- 7. Route any result at or above 10 µg/L per the decision rules; this packet never recommends a specific treatment technology or product.
What counts as done
- Certified laboratory named, with a sample collected per its own kit/bottle instructions and a signed chain-of-custody form
- Analytical method recorded (EPA Method 200.8 ICP-MS or 200.9 GF-AAS); a method other than these two is flagged and the sample re-routed to a lab that uses one of them
- Arsenic result reported in µg/L (ppb) and compared explicitly to the EPA 10 µg/L MCL; no household 'safe' or 'unsafe' verdict written
- Local geologic/regional context (e.g. known volcanic or granitic bedrock, prior area test results) recorded as context only, never as a substitute for this household's own lab result
- Any result at or above 10 µg/L routed per the decision rules, with the routing recorded
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
What is promised, and what is not
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