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Table 1. Water factors to consider In buying or building a new home <br />Problem <br />Probable cause <br />Remedy or <br />source of help <br />Inadequate water yield Poor aquifer <br />Install larger, deeper well <br />Well screen or pump intake encrusted Have cleaned by well driller <br />Lower water level <br />Deepen well <br />Wet basement <br />Seasonally high water table <br />Contact water resources agency <br />Add .sump pump or drains <br />Recovered water level <br />Add sump pump or drains <br />Drainage from roof or slope <br />Add roof gutter, reslope land <br />Gas in water <br />Methane from bedrock <br />Contact <br />Contact Soil Conservation Service <br />vent on well head <br />Aerate the water <br />Install water Treatment <br />Drill new well away from house <br />Salty water <br />Road salting <br />Contact State geological survey <br />Install new well farther upslupe <br />Provide better road drainage <br />Road -salt stockpile <br />Install new well away from drainage <br />Request correction by highway <br />department <br />Fuel -otl contamination <br />Leaky or spilled storage tank <br />Contact health department <br />Install new well upslope <br />Oil or gasoline <br />Nearby service station <br />Adjust to low pumping rate <br />contamination <br />Obtain new source of water <br />l3acrcria contamination <br />Septic effluent <br />Contact health department <br />C hli,rinate as first step: contact health <br />department <br />Install new well upslope <br />Install new leach field farther away <br />Deepen well in some cases <br />Seek control on neighboring system <br />Liarnyard waste <br />Redirect waste flow. <br />Install new well upslopc <br />Seek control on neighbor's activity <br />Organic chemical <br />Former land use <br />Contact agricultural agency <br />contamination <br />Install new well farther away <br />Deepen wet! in some cases <br />Contact health delydrtmenf <br />Current land application <br />Create buffer zone around recharge <br />area <br />Dispose of wash water properly <br />Seek control on neighbor's activity <br />Land Subsidence <br />Execssi%c ground -water withdrawal <br />Contact health department <br />Contact State regulatory agency <br />Rock solution <br />Relocate boost. <br />Sinkhole development <br />Rock solution <br />Contact State geological survey <br />Relocate h<wu <br />Sourer of ground <br />No knowledge <br />Contact State geological survey <br />water unknown <br />No well data available <br />Contact water resource agency <br />Contact water resource agency <br />35 <br />