05/18/2026
Free In-home Well Water Test Kits STILL AVAILABLE for LaPorte County Residents
To celebrate National Drinking Water Week 2026, we're offering FREE In-Home Well Water Screening tests for LaPorte County residential well owners.
This service is being offered to LaPorte County residents ONLY with residential water supplies (private wells) during the month of May on a first-come, first-served basis. Test kits will be available for pick up at both La Porte and Michigan City Health Department offices while supplies last. One kit per household.
The LaPorte County Health Department wants to remind homeowners with wells about the importance of regularly testing their drinking water. While Indiana’s Safe Drinking Water Act requires routine testing for public water systems, owners of residential wells have sole responsibility for ensuring the safety of their drinking water, as well as consistently maintaining
the well system to prevent any contamination. Test kits are SCREENING tests and cannot be used for legal documentation, property transfers, or new well installation regulations.
The Well water screening kit includes one coliform bacteria test and water quality tests for pH, nitrate, nitrite, copper, total hardness, total alkalinity, and iron.
If you wish to participate, you will need to pick up the testing kit, with proof of LaPorte County residence at the LaPorte Office,
4th floor of the LaPorte County Annex Building.
219.325.5563
