DANGEROUS WELL WATER SUBJECT OF PROGRAM.(Local)

Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer

Fresh well water could be hazardous to your health, Cornell Cooperative Extension officials said.

Determining whether well water contains coliform - a bateria indicating the presence of animal or human waste - is the focus of a water awareness program sponsored by the Cooperative Extension.

The program will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturday

at the extension's Spring Gardening Day at Columbia-Greene Community College.

The program will include groundwater basics, spring and well development, and water testing and treatment.

"They're real good to real bad," said Dale Rowe of …