re: Libs crying French billionaires are funding Notre Dame rebuilding, but not Flint, MI water

Any local environmental firm can take samples from your well and send off to a lab. Or you can contact a lab and get instructions on submitting your own sample. Just research what type of testing you want done... for metals, dioxins, VOCs, Semi VOCs, explosives, nitrates, etc. Price varies depending on the contaminates of concern.

Look on the EPA SuperFund website to see if one of those are near you... other contaminated sites, formerly used defense sites (FUDS), adjacent military bases, chemical storage, etc.

In my own case in the Heartland... I have four water sources for use depending on need. Main source is deep water well, electric pump with backup battery source for power outages/blackout. That well test clean except for elevated nitrates (farm country). Second source is shallow well with hand pump in the center of vegetable garden. Same test results. Third, creek behind acreage... which test as potable, but high in manganese (long term consumption equals cray cray, metal on the brain). So some serious filtration system needed for that one. Lastly, rain capture system from roof stored in cistern that would need filtering and boiling prior to consumption.

Hope those ideas help. If you need info on FUDS in your area, let me know. I can get that info for ya.

ETA for your specific questions: A standard potable water test is what your looking for. Search "potable water testing companies" in your area. Costs should be less than $150. Additional costs can be expected if you suspect contamination activities may have occured in your area. You'll need to do some research (defense industry, chemical plants, oil/gas, etc.).