THE SKILLINGS BLOG

Radon is a naturally occurring tasteless, odorless, and colorless gas that's created by the radioactive breakdown of uranium.  It can get into the air you breathe and the water you drink. Radon enters your well by dissolving and accumulating into ground water. When water used for cooking, washing, cleaning and drinking is contaminated, the gas escapes into the air, much like carbonated drinks release CO2 when opened. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to mitigate the problem.

What you need to know about your water well and the natural gas pipeline proposed to go through your town in New Hampshire.

If you live in New Hampshire and use water from a bedrock well, your home’s water supply has about a one in five chance of containing at least a small amount of naturally occurring arsenic.

If you’ve seen the news recently you’re probably familiar with the term “fracking” as it’s related to oil exploration.  A well-developed process that is less well known and talked about is hydrofracking, a process that can help homeowners to improve well water yield.

In New England, we’re famous for the beautiful rustic stone walls found throughout the region. New Hampshire is even nicknamed the Granite State thanks to our unique geology.  Radon, a colorless, odorless radioactive gas is produced by the decay of the element radium, which is naturally occurring in our rocky New England soil.