Emergency water treatment guides

When your water utility lifts a boil notice, check the exact return-to-use steps before drinking, making ice, or restarting connected appliances.

Move from a lead concern to the right local test, temporary exposure-reduction steps, and a filter whose exact model is certified for lead reduction.

Set the routine annual well test, spring inspection, and event-triggered follow-up with a state-certified lab and your local health department.

Use the contaminant table, units, standards, violations, and source notes in a Consumer Confidence Report to decide what question to ask next.

Keep a flooded private well out of service while local health officials and qualified contractors set the inspection, disinfection, flushing, and testing sequence.

Choose a home PFAS water filter by checking your water report, exact model certification, capacity, installation needs, and replacement schedule.