Private Well Testing Field Definitions
Demographics
- Collection Date/ Time
- Sampling date and time
- Result Submission ID
- Unique ID given by the lab to identify each report
- Date Test Requested
- Date of initial well test request
- Latitude / Longitude
- Decimal degrees NAD83
- Sampling Point
- Location water was sampled from
- Well Permit Number
- Dutchess County Department of Health assigned well permit number, if available
- Treated Sample
- Was water sampled after treatment (vs. raw)?
- Free Chlorine Concentration
- Reading of Chlorine test from water sampled in milligrams per liter
- Field Sample ID
- Identifier given to the sample(s) in the field
- Date Samples Received
- Date sample received by the testing lab
- ELAP #
- NYS Department of Health ELAP (Environmental Laboratory Approval Program) number
- Matrix
- Sample matrix as specified by the lab
- Report Date
- Date testing results were completed
- Data Submitted to Client
- Were test results sent to the client?
- Comments
- Any additional notes
- Reason for Testing
- Purpose or category of private well test testing
- Project Type
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Well monitoring program initiating the test
(Town = town mandated; Dutchess County = Dutchess County Private Well Water Testing Program)
Test Results
- Analyte Name
- Name of analyte being tested for
- Date/Time of Analysis
- Date and time of analysis
- Method Code
- EPA method code for the type of test performed
- Result
- Numeric value for testing result
- Detect Flag
- Was the analyte detected in the sample?
- Failed to Meet Standard
- Does the result exceed the given standards?
- Detection Limit (DL)
- Detection limit of lab test
- QA Lab Codes
- Quality Assurance lab codes
- MCL
- New York State Maximum Contaminant Level
- J
- Result estimated below quantitation level
- Est
- Estimated Value
