Tests of drinking water near Pasco sinkhole comes back clean.
Most homes around the sinkhole — which swallowed two homes and was stable as of Monday night — rely on well water, county officials said.
On one hand, that’s a good thing because residents who have moved back home haven’t dealt with disrupted water service.
The county is working with the Florida Department of Health to determine if additional testing is necessary.
The Health Department likely will conduct another round of testing in the coming weeks, said its Pasco County spokeswoman Angela Babson.
The county may also test the wells for volatile organic compounds within the coming days, Tobin said.
Those are carbon-containing compounds that, at high levels, can cause harm to the central nervous system, the kidneys or the liver.
Residents who haven’t already had their wells tested for E. coli can do so through the county for $7.
It’s unusual because it has not drained yet.
Camunas, who built his home in 1982, said he wasn’t concerned about water contamination.