Many people are busy at this time of year spraying fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and lawns with pesticides and herbicides.
Most people use small hand-held sprayers attached to a garden hose.
We have seen several situations where those pesticides have siphoned back into the home water system, and people have become ill. In one case, a man died from drinking contaminated water from his home. We would like to take a moment to tell you about how some of these incidents occurred, and how you might prevent that happening to you. The acreage is primarily alfalfa, and the well is used to supply water for sprinkler irrigation. 2,4-D is a herbicide which is used to kill broadleafed weeds.