Water testing in Oregon
Lowest price: Free, The WELL Project, Springfield Public Schools Water and Energy Studies Program (referred by Lane County Environmental Health).
The WELL Project Free Well Water Testing
Free
The service is free to the public.
- Bacteria
- Nitrate
- Copper
- Iron
- Hardness
- +3 more
Sign up online through SignUpGenius (or call the WELL lab) for a testing appointment, pick up a sampling kit, then drop off your well water sample at Thurston High School or a listed satellite site on your appointment day.
- Thurston High School - Community Water Testing Lab, 333 58th St., Springfield · 541-988-5353
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Nitrates and Drinking Water Free Well Testing (Boardman/Irrigon)
Free
- Nitrate
Schedule a free well water nitrate testing appointment online through Calendly or by calling Morrow County Public Health.
Domestic wells in the parts of Morrow County called the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA), around the Boardman and Irrigon area.
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OSU Extension Well Water Program Free Nitrate Screening
Free
free Nitrate Screenings at our events
- Nitrate
Contact the OSU Well Water Program to find or request a free nitrate screening event in your community.
Open to Oregon well owners when the Well Water Program holds a screening event in their community.
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Domestic Well Testing Vouchers (LUBGWMA)
Free
free well testing voucher
- Bacteria
- Nitrate
- Arsenic
Apply for an OHA domestic well testing voucher, then schedule your free well test and inspection with Umatilla County Health Department by phone or online.
Applications for free well test vouchers are available for residents in the LUBGWMA (Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area) portion of Umatilla County. This consists of Hermiston-97838, Stanfield-97875, Echo-97826 and Umatilla-97882.
- Umatilla County Health Department - Hermiston Office, 180 NE 2nd St., Ste. 23 (Lower level), Hermiston · 541-278-6394
- Umatilla County Health Department - Pendleton Office, 200 SE 3rd St., Pendleton · 541-278-5432
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Private Water / Septic Evaluation Water Test
$188
- Bacteria
- Nitrate
- Arsenic
Complete and submit the Real Estate Transaction Water Test request form and pay the Health Department's test fee plus the private lab's fee.
Primarily offered for real estate transactions; the health department does not routinely test private water outside that context.
- Coos Health and Wellness - Environmental Health, 281 LaClair Street, Coos Bay · 541-266-6700
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Private Well Safety Program
Call for price
- Bacteria
- Nitrate
Submit the online interest form and Deschutes County Environmental Health staff will contact you to schedule a visit to collect a sample from your private well.
- Deschutes County Health Services (Environmental Health), 1300 NW Wall St., Bend
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Certified labs: Oregon Health Authority, Drinking Water Services