Water Tips and Facts

Put a few drops of food coloring in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet bowl, you have a leak. It's easy to fix, and you can save more than 600 gallons a month.

2024 Drinking Water Clinics

Clinics run from February - November each year, and are held in about 70 counties. Visit here for a description of clinics. Contact your local Extension office to express interest in a clinic. If a clinic is listed for your locality below, please pre-register with the appropriate contact person.

Please contact us with any questions, assistance finding a private lab (list available here ) or help interpreting water test results. Thank you!

County/City Sample collection date Contact
Fluvanna February 28, 2024 Rick Hernandez
enrique@vt.edu
434-591-1950
Chesapeake March 13, 2024 Mike Andruczyk
mikeand@vt.edu
757-560-6666
Virginia Beach March 13, 2024 Roy Flanagan
royf@vt.edu
757-385-8157
Suffolk March 13, 2024 Andrea Davis
awise@vt.edu
757-514-4337
Isle of Wight March 13, 2024 Livvy Preisser
livvy16@vt.edu
757-365-6261
Prince William March 27, 2024 Elesha Young
eleshay1@vt.edu
703-792-4037
Bedford April 10, 2024 Scott Baker
scbaker@vt.edu
540-586-7675
Amherst April 10, 2024 Eric Bowen
bowen@vt.edu
434-946-9365
Appomattox April 10, 2024 Bruce Jones
brjones4@vt.edu
434-352-8244
Campbell April 10, 2024 Todd Scott
todds08@vt.edu
434-332-9538
Loudoun May 1, 2024 Stuart Vermaak
svermaak@vt.edu
703-771-5838
Albemarle May 15, 2024 Carrie Swanson
cswanson@vt.edu
434-872-4580
Floyd May 22, 2024 Dawn Barnes
lbarnes@vt.edu
540-745-9307
Montgomery May 22, 2024 Erin Ling
wellwater@vt.edu
540-231-9058
Meredith Hoggatt
mhoggatt@vt.edu
540-382-5790

Giles May 22, 2024 Kloe Rife
kloerife@vt.edu
540-921-3455
Essex June 5, 2024 Robbie Longest
robbiel7@vt.edu
804-443-3551
James City County June 5, 2024 Sandra Kee
skee@vt.edu
757-564-2170
New Kent County June 5, 2024 Marci Seibert
marci4@vt.edu
804-966-9645

King and Queen

King William

June 5, 2024 Turner Minx
turnerminx@vt.edu
804-769-4955

Gloucester

Middlesex

Mathews

June 5, 2024 Glenn Sturm
gjsturm@vt.edu
804-693-2602
Hanover June 12, 2024 Brigitte Groome
bridg93@vt.edu
804-752-4310
Henrico June 12, 2024 Kim Edmonds
khedmonds@vt.edu
804-501-5160
Halifax June 12, 2024 Michelle Ford
michellef@vt.edu
434-476-2147
Jason Fisher
jasonf@vt.edu
434-476-2147
Patrick June 26, 2024 Teri Alt
talt@vt.edu
276-693-2054
Carroll June 26, 2024 Steve Pottorff
pottorff@vt.edu
276-730-3113
Grayson June 26, 2024 Kevin Spurlin
spurlink@vt.edu
276-773-2491
Wythe June 26, 2024 Andrea Haubner
andreah1@vt.edu
276-223-6040
Pulaski June 26, 2024 Morgan Paulette
paulette@vt.edu
540-980-7761
Nelson July 10, 2024 Grace Monger
gimonger@vt.edu
434-263-7180
Lucinda MacRae
lmacrae@vt.edu
434-263-7180
Culpeper July 10, 2024 Ashley Appling
ashappling@vt.edu
540-727-3435
Lenah Nguyen
lgeer@vt.edu
540-727-3435
Rappahannock July 10, 2024 Kenner Love
klove@vt.edu
540-675-3619
Fauquier July 10, 2024 Tim Ohlwiler
tohlwile@vt.edu
540-341-7950

Frederick

Page

Warren

Clarke

Shenandoah

July 17 and July 24, 2024 Hannah Copp
hbcopp23@vt.edu
540-665-5699

Franklin August 7, 2024 Cynthia Martel
cmartel@vt.edu
540-483-5161
Pittsylvania August 7, 2024 Carol Haynes
haynes04@vt.edu
540-263-3461
Henry August 7, 2024 Melanie Barrow
mwbarrow@vt.edu
276-634-4650
Bland August 7, 2024 Hunter Romano
romano@vt.edu
276-688-3542
Roanoke August 7, 2024 Shawn Jadrnicek
shawnj@vt.edu
540-283-8190
Botetourt August 7, 2024 Anne Jones
annec16@vt.edu
540-928-3201
Chesterfield August 14, 2024 Sierra Seekford
asierra2@vt.edu
804-751-4401
Spotsylvania August 14, 2024 Kayleigh J Mize
mizekj@vt.edu
540-507-7571

Fredericksburg

Stafford

August 14, 2024 Mikel Manchester
mamanchester@vt.edu
540-658-8000

Caroline August 14, 2024 Mikel Manchester
mamanchester@vt.edu
540-658-8000
Kayleigh J Mize
mizekj@vt.edu
540-507-7571
King George August 14, 2024 Pegi Wright
lvwright@vt.edu
540-775-3062
Accomack August 27, 2024 Theresa Pittman
tpittman@vt.edu
757-787-1361
Northampton August 27, 2024 Helene Doughty
hdoughty@vt.edu
757-678-7946
Fairfax September 11. 2024 Katie Strong
kstrong@vt.edu
703-324-5369
Greene September 18, 2024 Sarah Sharpe
seweaver@vt.edu
434-985-5236
Orange September 18, 2024 Clare Lillard
lclare4@vt.edu
540-672-1361
Louisa September 18, 2024 Crysti Hopkins
hcrysti2@vt.edu
540-967-3422
Alleghany September 25, 2024 Christine Hodges
chodges1@vt.edu
540-862-0369
Craig September 25, 2024 Jonathan Stanley
sjonathan00@vt.edu
540-864-5812
Lancaster October 9, 2024 Jasmine Greer
jasmine22@vt.edu
804-462-5780
Northumberland October 9, 2024 Trent Jones
jonesrt@vt.edu
804-580-5694
Westmoreland October 9, 2024 Stephanie Romelczyk
sromelcz@vt.edu
804-493-8924
Click here to be added to our waitlist!
Richmond County October 9, 2024 Wendy Herdman
wherdman@vt.edu
804-333-3420
Click here to be added to our waitlist!
Goochland October 16, 2024 Bob Whitehead
whitehd5@vt.edu
804-556-5868
Powhatan October 16, 2024 Cathy Howland
chowland@vt.edu
804-598-5640
Prince Edward October 16, 2024 Erin Small
erins96@vt.edu
434-392-4246

Greensville

Emporia

November 6, 2024 Sara Rutherford
srutherford@vt.edu
434-348-4223
Dinwiddie November 6, 2024 Mike Parrish
mparrish@vt.edu
804-469-4514
Sussex November 6, 2024 Elizabeth Cooper
elizp16@vt.edu
804-834-1309
Surry November 6, 2024 Elizabeth Cooper
elizp16@vt.edu
757-294-5303
Amelia November 6, 2024 Mackenzie Gunn
mgunn@vt.edu
804-561-2481
Prince George November 6, 2024 Scott Reiter
jreiter@vt.edu
804-733-2686
Petersburg City November 6, 2024 Katrina Kirby
kirby2@vt.edu
804-733-1880
Scott November 13, 2024 Scott Jerrell
sjerrell@vt.edu
276-452-2772
Lee November 13, 2024 Amy Byington
afannon@vt.edu
276-546-2057
Wise November 13, 2024 Phill Meeks
pmeeks@vt.edu
276-328-6194
Loudoun November 20, 2024 Stuart Vermaak
svermaak@vt.edu
703-771-5838

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