URI students visit farmers markets to educate homeowners about how to protect drinking water
(WorldNews Environment)

KINGSTON, R.I.-September 19, 2017 - Many Rhode Islanders visiting farmers markets this year have likely been engaged in conversation by Jordanne Feldman and Nathan Brown. The University of Rhode Island students have spent the summer traveling to farmers markets and other venues to educate private well owners about how to reduce the chance of their drinking water becoming contaminated. `We talk to them about their well water, how they can test it, and how to improve the quality of their drinking water,` said Brown, a senior environmental economics major from Westerly. `It`s really a quality of life issue. Some people have lived in their house for decades and have never tested their water...