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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