Dublin Lions Club to host Water Wise event for private well owners to bring in their well water samples for testing by Huron Perth Public Health

Do you have a private or shared well but find water sampling difficult? Dublin Lions Club is trying to make it easier for you.

The Dublin Lions are hosting a Water Wise event to make it easier for private well owners to get their well water tested. The event is on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Dublin Community Centre, 7015 Helen Street, Dublin, Ontario.

People can get a water sampling bottle at the event or they can get a water bottle ahead of time from a Dublin Lions Club member. They can fill the water sample bottle the day of the event, keep the bottle cold, and drop it off on April 29. When they drop off the sample bottle, they can also learn how to Test, Protect and Maintain (Test their well water; Protect their well water; Maintain their well and septic system).

The April event is the eleventh Water Wise well testing and public information event held in the region since 2023. More than 420 well owners have attended the events. Organizers have delivered more than 440 water sample bottles to local public health. Service clubs and volunteers have distributed more than 1,500 bottles with the initiative.

Lions Club volunteers and drinking water source protection staff ensure samples are kept chilled and delivered to Huron Perth Public Health for testing the morning after the event. Information on well protection and septic maintenance is available at the event.

Learn more on the drinking water source protection best practices web page.

Dublin Lions Club encourages well owners to take advantage of this convenient way to check on the safety of their well water.

When water sampling of private wells is made easier, more people will do it. That’s the idea behind the ‘Water Wise’ events that have been happening in some villages, hamlets and shoreline communities in the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region. Well owners may know having well water tested is important to ensure their family, friends and neighbours are safe but it isn’t always as convenient as they would like. Getting a sample bottle locally, and having someone deliver it to Huron Perth Public Health for them, makes it easier.

The April 29 event is posted on social media with #TestProtectMaintain and #WaterWise and #WellWise and #BestPractices hashtags.

The Water Wise well water sampling event is possible thanks to funding support from the County of Huron’s Huron Clean Water Project.