If your home is for sale you cannot legally test for radon yourself.
Radon in well water maine.
While most radon related deaths are due to radon gas accumulated in houses from seepage through cracks in the foundation 30 to 1 800 deaths per year are attributed to radon from household water.
Sometimes it comes from both places but the presence of soil gas radon does not indicate or predict the presence of well water radon nor does well water radon indicate or predict soil gas radon.
The state of maine has set an maximum exposure guideline for water.
As your radon level in water gets closer to 10 000 pci l you need to more strongly consider installing treatment.
The current state of maine meg for water is 4 000 pci l.
In 1996 congress amended the safe drinking water act sdwa to commission the national academy of sciences nas to conduct a.
Radon in soil gas and in water is therefore common in maine and random sampling of maine homes suggests that any location could have high radon from either source.
At levels of 4 000 pci l or higher you should consider action beginning with reviewing your total radon risk from radon in air and water.
Epa s 2018 drinking water standards and health advisories tables.
If your water comes from a private well you should.
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Epa recommends testing your drinking water for radon.
What is the epa doing about setting an mcl for water radon.
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For this reason me cdc recommends that every home in maine with a private well should be tested for radon in both air and water.
Maine state guidelines for water.
The only way to know if your water is safe to drink is to test it.
Information on epa s.
Maine cdc transitioned to using the environmental protection agency s epa drinking water standards and health advisory levels for contaminants found in well water in maine and no longer maintains seperate maximum exposure guidelines except for radon.
Since radon is a radionuclide concentrations in air.
Call the safe drinking water hotline 1 800 426 4791 which can provide phone numbers for your state laboratory certification office.
High levels of dissolved radon are found in the groundwater in some areas flowing through granite or granitic sand and gravel formations.
Several in southern maine have radon concentrations above one million pci l.
Fill out this form to receive more information a list of certified labs or a free dvd about how to test your well water.
The maine bureau of health recommends radon concentrations in drinking water of 20 000 pci l or above be reduced.
1 in 10 wells in maine has too much arsenic uranium radon or other harmful chemicals.
Your state laboratory certification office or state radon office can direct you to laboratories which may be able to test your.
Studies have shown that nearly one in five maine wells have radon concentrations this high or higher.
If you have a private well.
