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Table 1. Water factors to consider in buying or building a new home <br />Problem <br />Probable a•ause <br />Remedy or <br />area <br />source of help <br />Inadequate water yield <br />Poor aquifer <br />Install larger, deeper well <br />Well screen or pump intake encrusted <br />Have cleaned by well. driller <br />Lower water level <br />Deepen well <br />Excessive ground -water withdrawal <br />Contact State regulatory agency <br />Contact water resources agency <br />Wd basement <br />Seasonally high water table <br />Add sump pump or drains <br />Recovered water level <br />Add sump pump or drains <br />Rock solution <br />Drainage from roof or slope <br />Add roof gutter, reshape land <br />Slate ge0htgicaf survey <br />Contact Soil Conservatinn Service <br />Gas in water <br />Methane from bedrock <br />Install vent on well head <br />NO well data available <br />Contact water resource agency <br />Aerate the water <br />Install water treatment <br />Drill new well away from house <br />Contact State geological survev <br />salty water <br />Road salting <br />Install new well farther upslo e <br />p <br />Provide better road drainage <br />Road -salt stockpile <br />Install new well away from drainage <br />Request correction by highway <br />department <br />Contact health department <br />Fuel-oil contxminuhon <br />Lcaky ter spilled storage lank <br />Install new well upslopc <br />Adjust to lo% pumping rate <br />Oil or gasoline <br />amnimination <br />Nearby scnice slmion <br />Obtain new source of water <br />Contact health depanmen <br />liaceria contamination <br />Septic effluent <br />Chlorinate as first step: contact health <br />department <br />Install new well unship, <br />Install new leach field farther away <br />Decfwn well in some asps <br />Seek control on neighlsuing system <br />Barn) and waste <br />Redirect waste flow <br />Install new well upshopc <br />Seek control on neighbor's activity, <br />Contact agricultural agency <br />Organic chemienl <br />Former land use <br />Install new well farther away <br />contamination <br />Deepen -el! in some cases <br />Contact health depannern <br />35 <br />Currem land application <br />Crate buffer zone around recharge <br />area <br />Dispose of wash water properly <br />Seek control on neighbor's activity <br />Contact health department <br />Land Subsidence <br />Excessive ground -water withdrawal <br />Contact State regulatory agency <br />Rork snlmion <br />Relocate house <br />Contact Slate geological survey <br />Sinkhole development <br />Rock solution <br />Relocate horse <br />Slate ge0htgicaf survey <br />Bootee of ground <br />water unknown <br />No knowledge <br />g e <br />Contact water resource agency <br />NO well data available <br />Contact water resource agency <br />35 <br />