Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Well Water: Sources, Risks & Effective Water Filtration Methods
If you rely on a private well for your home’s water supply, you're responsible for ensuring it's safe. One group of contaminants that often goes unnoticed but poses serious health risks is volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These compounds, common in industrial and agricultural runoff and community trash dump sites built before the 1970s, can easily enter groundwater, end up in well water, and in your drinking water. I can speak to this from personal experience, as an old community trash dumpsite in my hometown, directly across the street from a home my parents considered buying when we were just kids and is now causing critical problems in private wells for twenty three homeowners in the vicinity of the now abandoned dumpsite and the "plume" of VOCs underground is moving toward several lakes in our small community used for recreation. So it pays to do your research before purchasing any home. Whether it's an older home or new construction. ...