{"id":990,"date":"2014-07-15T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/?page_id=990"},"modified":"2014-07-15T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T16:06:28","slug":"private-well-rules-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/home\/private-well-testing-and-protection\/private-well-rules-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Well Rules &amp; Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ri.gov\/programs\/privatewell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RI Department of Health&#8217;s Private Well Testing Regulations<\/a>\u00a0for new wells and when buying a new home.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ri.gov\/licensing\/#water\">RI Department of Health licenses Private Well\u00a0Samplers and Interpreters<\/a> to ensure accuracy of required testing when a home\u00a0with a well is sold.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.ri.gov\/water\/for\/privatewellowners\/about\/care\/\">Private Well Repairs and Construction Regulations.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Drinking Water Quality Standards<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Environmental Protection Agency sets standards and testing frequency for public water supplies. Although these standards do not apply to private wells, private well owners can use these standards as guidelines for assuring their drinking water is safe for them and their family.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/water.epa.gov\/drink\/contaminants\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for EPA&#8217;s list of drinking water standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RI Department of Health&#8217;s Private Well Testing Regulations\u00a0for new wells and when buying a new home. RI Department of Health licenses Private Well\u00a0Samplers and Interpreters to ensure accuracy of required testing when a home\u00a0with a well is sold. Private Well Repairs and Construction Regulations. Drinking Water Quality Standards The Environmental Protection Agency sets standards and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":362,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-990","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/990\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}