Well Water Program

Well Water Testing Program

Follow the steps below and please call our office (585) 394-3977 x 427 or email nea8@cornell.edu, if you have questions. We are open from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday.

Bottles, lab sheet, and instructions are available at Cornell Cooperative Extension Ontario County, 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 in the Ag Office.

Step One: Collect the water sample.

Follow the directions for taking the sample (sheet provided). Please use the kitchen tap. The sample must be taken the morning  you deliver it on Wednesday by 9:00 am. Preserve the sample in a chilled cooler (on ice), but not frozen. The lab will reject the sample if it is not cold. Label for the bottle which is attached to the form: print your sampling date, sampling time, sampling site, and name of sampler and apply to the bottle.

Step Two: Complete the lab form and deliver the water sample.

Complete the lab form (an example is provided). Please record the date and time that you took the sample on the form.

Deliver the lab form and check payable to Lozier Environmental Consulting, Inc. for $45.00 with the bottle of well water to the drop-off point at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY at the Agriculture Office, Room 208. Wednesday before 9:00 am.

Drop off time: Before 9:00 am on Wednesday.

Step Three: The lab will email your results to you and Cornell Cooperative Extension.

The EPA standards for drinking water: total coliform and E. coli is negative.

If your results are positive, feel free to contact our office with any well water quality questions.

Thank you for testing your well water.

If you have any questions about the well testing program, please call Nancy at 585-394-3977 x 427 or email Nancy with your questions.  Thank you for taking this important step to ensure the safety of your private water supply!

Last updated May 1, 2025