Chippewa County offers a rural well water nitrate testing service. 

This service is beneficial to homeowners and families who: 

• Get their drinking water from private wells. 
• Have expectant mothers, infants, children, or immune suppressed family members. 
• Land use activities in rural areas can affect the quality of groundwater. Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3-N) is a good indicator of groundwater pollution. 

 
HOW IT WORKS 

• We work with Commercial Testing Laboratory in Colfax to underwrite the costs of a nitrate test. Participants are charged a $15.00 fee. 
• Water bottles can be picked up at the Department of Land Conservation & Forest Management, #11, 711 N. Bridge Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729.

See the Commercial Testing Laboratory website for additional testing information and criteria.