Water Tips and Facts

More than 700,000 Virginia households rely on private water sources such as springs, wells, and cisterns.

Upcoming Events

Event Date and Time Location Contact
Virginia Well Owner Network Extension AGENT Training

February 2023 - TBA

Zoom and in-person

Erin Ling
wellwater@vt.edu
540-231-9058

2023 Drinking Water Clinics

Clinics run from February - November each year, and are held in about 65 counties. Visit here for a description of clinics. Contact your local Extension office to express interest in a clinic. Please pre-register with the appropriate contact person.

Please email wellwater@vt.edu with any questions, assistance finding a private lab (list available here ) or help interpreting water test results. Thank you!

Event Sample collection date Contact
Fluvanna February 22 Rick Hernandez
enrique@vt.edu
434-591-1950
Chesapeake March 1 Michael Andruczyk
mikeand@vt.edu
757-382-6348
Virginia Beach March 1 Andrea Davis
awise@vt.edu
757-385-8157
Suffolk March 1 Elizabeth Cooper
elizp16@vt.edu
757-514-4337
Isle of Wight March 1 Livvy Preisser
livvy16@vt.edu
757-365-6261
Frederick March 15 Mark Sutphin
mark.sutphin@vt.edu
540-665-5699
Page March 15 Elizabeth Baldwin
elizam3@vt.edu
540-778-5794
Warren March 21 Karen Poff
kpoff@vt.edu
540-635-4549
Clarke March 21 Cory Childs
cchilds@vt.edu
540-635-4549
Shenandoah March 21 Bobby Clark
raclark@vt.edu
540-459-6140
Loudoun April 5 Stuart Vermaak
svermaak@vt.edu
703-771-5838
Prince William
April 12
Valerie Huelsman
hvalerie@vt.edu
703-792-4037
Register here!

Floyd May 3 Dawn Barnes
lbarnes@vt.edu
540-745-9307
Montgomery May 3 Meredith Hoggatt
mhoggatt@vt.edu
540-382-5790
Erin Ling
wellwater@vt.edu
540-231-9058

Craig May 3 Sally Farrell
sfarrell@vt.edu
540-864-5812
Patrick May 10 Christian Taylor
cmt26@vt.edu
276-693-2054
Carroll May 10 Steve Pottorff
pottorff@vt.edu
276-730-3113
Grayson May 10 Kevin Spurlin
spurlink@vt.edu
276-773-2491
Scott May 10 Scott Jerrell
sjerrell@vt.edu
276-452-2772
Albemarle May 24 Carrie Swanson
cswanson@vt.edu
434-872-4580
Amelia May 24 LK Mondrey
lkm4h22@vt.edu
804-561-2481
Hanover June 7 Laura Maxey-Nay
lmaxey-nay@vt.edu
804-752-4307
Henrico June 7 Ed Olsen
edo@vt.edu
804-501-5160
Nottoway June 7 Terry Abston
tabston@vt.edu
434-645-9315
Augusta June 14 Doug Horn
doughorn@vt.edu
540-245-5750
Rockbridge June 14 Tom Stanley
stanleyt@vt.edu
540-463-4734
Rockingham June 14 Jason Cooper
jbcooper@vt.edu
540-564-3080

Highland

June 14 Kari Sponaugle
karis@vt.edu
540-468-2225
Bath June 14 Kari Sponaugle
karis@vt.edu
540-839-7261
Essex June 21 Robbie Longest
robbieL7@vt.edu
804-443-3551
James City County June 21 Forrest Hobbs
Fhobbs@vt.edu
804-564-2170
New Kent County June 21 Forrest Hobbs
Fhobbs@vt.edu
804-966-9645
King and Queen, King William June 21 Turner Minx
turnerminx@vt.edu
804-769-4955
Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex July 12 Glenn Sturm
gjsturm@vt.edu
804-693-2602
Culpeper July 19 Ashley Appling
ashappling@vt.edu
540-727-3435


Lenah Nguyen
lgeer@vt.edu
540-727-3435
Rappahannock July 19 Kenner Love
klove@vt.edu
540-675-3619
Fauquier July 19 Tim Ohlwiler
tohlwile@vt.edu
540-341-7950
Nelson July 19 Grace Monger
gimonger@vt.edu
434-263-7180
Stafford, Fredericksburg July 26 Mikel Manchester
mamanchester@vt.edu
540-658-8000
Halifax July 26 Rebekah J Slabach
rslabach@vt.edu
434-476-2147
Charlotte July 26 Joanne Jones
jojenk1@vt.edu
434-542-5884
Mecklenburg July 26 Taylor Clarke
cclarke@vt.edu
434-738-6191
Bland August 9 Hunter Romano
romano@vt.edu
276-688-3542
Franklin August 9 Cynthia Martel
cmartel@vt.edu
540-483-5161
Pittsylvania August 9 Carol Haynes
haynes04@vt.edu
540-263-3461
Henry August 9 Melanie Barrow
mwbarrow@vt.edu
276-634-4650
Roanoke August 9 Shawn Jadrnicek
shawnj@vt.edu
540-283-8190
Botetourt August 9 Sherrye Fleshman
sherrye@vt.edu
540-928-3201
Alleghany August 9 Christine Hodges
chodges1@vt.edu
540-862-0369

Caroline, King George August 23 Mike Broaddus
broaddus@vt.edu
804-633-6550
Chesterfield August 23 Sierra Seekford
asierra2@vt.edu
804-751-4401
Spotsylvania August 23 Kayleigh J Mize
mizekj@vt.edu
540-507-7571
Accomack August 30 Theresa Pittman
tpittman@vt.edu
757-787-1361
Northampton August 30 Ursula Deitch
utankard@vt.edu
757-678-7946
Powhatan September 13 Rachel Henley
rachelhenley@vt.edu
804-598-5640
Goochland September 13 Nicole Shuman
nks49@vt.edu
804-556-5872

Fairfax

September 20 Katie Strong
kstrong@vt.edu
703-324-5203
Greene September 27 Sarah Sharpe
seweaver@vt.edu
434-985-5236
Orange September 27 Clare Lillard
lclare4@vt.edu
540-672-1361
Madison September 27 Brad Jarvis
bjarvis@vt.edu
540-948-6881
Louisa September 27 Crysti Hopkins
hcrysti2@vt.edu
540-967-3422
Lancaster October 11 Jasmine Greer
jasmine22@vt.edu
804-462-5780
Northumberland October 11 Trent Jones
jonesrt@vt.edu
804-580-5694
Westmoreland October 11 Stephanie Romelczyk
sromelcz@vt.edu
804-493-8924
Sign up for our waitlist here!
Richmond County October 11 Wendy Herdman
wherdman@vt.edu
804-333-3420
Loudoun October 18 Stuart Vermaak
svermaak@vt.edu
703-771-5838

Sign up for our waitlist!

Greensville/Emporia November 8 Sara Rutherford
srutherford@vt.edu
434-348-4223
Dinwiddie November 8 Mike Parrish
mparrish@vt.edu
804-469-4514
Brunswick November 8 Cynthia Gregg
clgregg@vt.edu
434-848-2151
Buckingham November 8 Jen Ligon
jligon@vt.edu
434-969-4261
Cumberland November 8 Amber Taylor
aamber@vt.edu
804-492-4390

Contact us today to register!

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in any of these activities, please contact the individual listed above, or Erin Ling at 540-231-9058, or TDD* during business hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event.

*TDD number is (800) 828-1120