"I’m going to drink it. It tastes fine," Oquendo told CNN as he filled his jugs. So I might as well drink this water."
Gary Lipson, the EPA Incident Commander working in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, says nearby residents have been drinking potentially contaminated water from this well.
We understand there are a lot of thirsty people out there, and they are accessing whatever water they can," Lipson told CNN.
EPA teams gathered water samples this weekend from at least six wells inside the Dorado Superfund site.
One well on the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site has been approved by the Puerto Rican water authority and federal officials for public use.
CNN reviewed documents published in 2016 as part of the EPA’s move to designate the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site as a Superfund location.
"Data gathered by EPA in 2015 showed that some wells in the western part of the area are contaminated, while some wells in the eastern portion of the area meet drinking water standards.
"It is certainly likely that these wells will have contamination," Carpenter said after reviewing EPA documents.

ALPENA, MI — Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals from old firefighting foam use have contaminated the groundwater at the Michigan Air National Guard base in Alpena County.
According to local public health officials, the concentration of two PFAS compounds reached about 80,000 parts-per-trillion at one location, which is about 1,140 times higher than a federal health advisory level for those chemicals in drinking water.
Other installations with known PFAS problems include Camp Grayling, the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda and former K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette.
2, which serves both the Alpena and Oscoda areas.
Brown said residents near the base should expect to be visited by state and local officials very soon.
Once drinking water wells in the area have been sampled, state toxicologists will decide whether a public health advisory needs to be issued, she said.
The concern areas included two fire training sites, two fire engine nozzle testing areas and the location of a 1977 F-100 Super Sabre crash at the base’s north end.
Bryan praised the National Guard for acting more cooperatively with state and local officials than she’s experienced with the Air Force.
PFAS at K.I.

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Rockford Public Schools is shutting down drinking water fountains in one of its schools in light of recent tests revealing a toxic chemical in nearby wells.
In a letter sent to parents Thursday morning, Superintendent Michael Shibler said the district was disabling all drinking fountains in East Rockford Middle School “out of an abundance of caution.” Shibler said Wolverine Worldwide will be providing bottled water to students starting Thursday morning.
Shibler said the bottled water will also be used for cooking inside the school building until the district knows the status of its well water.
The dump site is separate from Wolverine Worldwide’s old House Street NE dump, where the company discarded sludge from its Rockford tannery until about 1970.
The Kent County Health Department is conducting its largest ever cancer cluster study around the House Street site and two other possible Wolverine dumps in the Rockford area.
It appears the contamination from the House Street dump is spreading to where the Rogue River flows into the Grand River.
He said he will notify parents as soon as the expedited test results are available, likely within two weeks.

BELMONT, MICH., – State officials found more homes with contaminated private water wells near the old Wolverine Worldwide dumpsite in Plainfield Township.
Kristi Meyerholtz, who lives in the 7000 block of Chandler Dr. with her husand and four children, got word that her house tested at 120 parts per trillion.
"Knowing that we’ve been in the house for as long as we have and raising our kids on this water — it’s really, really scary," Meyerholtz said.
Meyerholtz’s cousin Lisa Ingrahm lives next door. Her home hit an extremely high 10,320 parts per trillion.
Both the Ingrahm and the Meyerholtz families stopped drinking their well water in early September when initial reports of contamination surfaced.
The Meyerholtz family received some bottled water and gift cards from Wolverine Worldwide.
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MAHOMET, Ill. (WCIA) — A natural gas leak in December has left families depending on bottled water.
After it contaminated five wells in Mahomet, those families are still worried.
People’s gas says they’ve tested the methane from the leak.
"They rely on that well water for drinking water, to run their dishwashers to clean their clothes.
It’s something the homeowners think has gone on too long; but, People’s Gas says the nature gas will dissipate over time and they believe they’ve done the initial work to fix the problem, so what homeowners are seeing now is natural.
"There is a lot of natural occurring methane especially in that region," says People’s Gas, Brian Manthey.
"I’m glad that they do so we don’t get sick over it and what not because I do drink the well water. A lot of people don’t but I do," says Richard Ponton of Mahomet.
Since Ponton received notice, People’s Gas says it has taken several other steps since the leak.
"With the separators in the home, it’s separating the natural gas out so the water that they are getting does not contain the natural gas.

CLAYTON — The Town Council on Wednesday discussed a new plan it may pursue to help several homeowners with salt contaminated wells, a plan that would provide them and other Route 12 property owners a with new source of water.
The plan, which the board presented months after its proposed reverse osmosis systems for affected homes along State Route 12 and County Route 5 failed to receive state Department of Health approval, calls for a new water district that would follow Route 12 from the village boundary to Depauville said Town Supervisor David M. Storandt Jr.
The district, if formed, would include a water main along Route 12 and possibly extensions where needed, which could help residents with salt-contaminated wells on County Route 5. Councilman Robert W. Cantwell III said the main would use water from the St. Lawrence River.
Both the health department and the town’s attorney, Joseph W. Russell with Menter, Rudin and Trivelpiece, p.c., recommended the plan, Mr. Storandt said, adding that the town is allowed to expend public money on capital projects such as a water district.
Mr. Storandt said property owners within the district would “be the folks paying for the project” if the board took action, and Mr. Storandt, Mr. Cantwell and councilwomen Mary J. Zovistoski and Donna J. Patchen said they wanted property owners’ comments before taking action.
“We are not moving forward unless we have the majority of the people behind us,” Ms. Zovistoski said.

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The Water Well Trust — a national nonprofit helping low-income Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply — is seeking eligible households from 15 counties in Georgia, including Murray, to receive new water wells or rehabilitate existing wells before available funding expires on Saturday.
The Water Well Trust (WWT) received a matching grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a project to increase potable water availability to households in 15 rural Georgia counties, including Colquitt, Grady, Hancock, Hart, Jones, Jefferson, Meriwether, Murray, Monroe, Worth, Twiggs, Macon, Washington, Wilcox and Warren.
Funds are still available for low-interest loans to eligible individual households for a new water well or rehabilitation of an existing water well. WWT limits funding to a maximum of $11,000 per household. Loans have an interest rate of 1 percent with terms of up to 20 years.
To qualify for a WWT loan, Georgia applicants must be the owner and occupant of the home as their primary residence.
Prospective applicants can download the application form and instruction letter from the Water Well Trust website at waterwelltrust.org/apply or call (202) 625-4383 for more information.
The Water Well Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization created by the Water Systems Council to provide a clean water supply to American families living without access to a precious resource most of us take for granted.
The WWT serves Americans living primarily in rural, unincorporated areas or minority communities that may be isolated and difficult to reach, assisting low-income families that cannot afford to pay for public water supplies, and those who live in areas where the extension of public water supplies to serve them doesn’t make economic sense.

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Secunderabad: Bore-wells getting dried up in the city has become a common scenario.
The colony has with three bore-wells in the park, each of them measuring 400 feet, 500 feet and 1,000 feet respectively.

This free testing is available through Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension Service with help from Virginia Tech and the Rural Community Assistance Program.
To get their water tested, residents must pick up a test kit from their local AgriLife Extension office or other designated location. They need to return the sample to the office from 8 to 11 a.m. on the appropriate collection date.
They should not use water from a flood well for cooking, bathing or drinking until it is tested for contaminants, she added.
Officials began handing out sample kits last week.
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Natural supplies have run out in the indigenous town of San Felipe Ecatepec in the state of Chiapas, southern Mexico, meaning people must walk for two hours to fetch drinking water, one former local official said.
A nearby bottling plant, run by Mexican company FEMSA, consumed 1.08 million litres of water a day in 2016, according to reports.
Climate change and outbreaks of salmonella have exacerbated the problem.
In response to reports that it was leaving indigenous communities near San Chrisobal without water, FEMSA said it was "committed to the sustainable development of its associates, communities and the environment".
A spokesperson said: “We operate according with the legal framework and under internal processes to guarantee efficient water use.
Coca-Cola has previously come under fire in the country for the negative health impact of its sugary drinks. Mexico has high levels of obesity and more than 70 per cent of the population is overweight or obese.