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Board of Health reviews draft private-well regulations, discusses tenant testing provision and effective date
Summary
The Board of Health reviewed proposed regulations for private wells, discussed adopting Massachusetts drinking-water standards for contaminants and radiological triggers, and debated a provision letting tenants request new testing when older than five years. Members discussed implementation timing but did not record a vote.
The Board of Health on July 21 reviewed draft regulations for private wells that would reference Massachusetts drinking-water contaminant levels and add a new rental-property testing provision.
The proposal would adopt state maximum contaminant levels for chemical and radiological parameters and require additional radiological testing when gross alpha activity in a well sample is 15 pCi/L or greater, triggering follow-up for uranium and radium. Michael (health department staff) said the draft “will just match whatever the state is” for contaminant numbers and explained that…
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