About 400,000 homes in the state use private wells for drinking water.
The DEP says people who have wells should get them tested.
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Information from: Asbury Park Press, http://www.app.com
Study: 1 in 8 private NJ wells contaminated
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - August 28, 2008
The state Environmental Protection Department says it examined
records of more than 51,0000 well tests conducted for landlords and
real estate transactions between September 2002 and April 2007.
About 12.5 percent were found to have a high level of at least one
drinking water contaminant.
