Can I demand water test papers from my landlord if the water sample was taken from my apartment and came back contaminated?
Question Details: After a couple of months of rent I was told a water test was going to take place at my apartment; my landlord lives in the same house. The test came back positive for fecal bacteria, it was tested again and still positive after bleaching. My landlord blamed this on me and evicted me "tenant at will". She will not give me a copy of these tests, and I am still renting at the moment. I would like my 3 months rent renturned for unfit living conditions due to the water; I had been drinking this unknowingly for 2 months.
If you have a dispute with your landlord over contaminated water at the rental that you have, I would get the health department involved assuming the landlord will not refund you a portion of your rent. Likewise, I would contact a landlord tenant attorney about the situation you are writing about.
From what you are writing about, it seems as though you should be entitled to get a copy of the test results of the apartment building you reside in with respect to the testing of its water supply. You are entirely within your rights to demand copies of the test results of the water supply for the rental that you have from your landlord. After all, you have been drinking the water.
