Fact #1 -- Water leaving a water treatment facility will (usually) contain no harmful impurities... but after travelling through miles of pipe and the plumbing in your home, it had plenty of time to pick up contaminants along the way.
Fact #2 -- Heavy rains, periods of drought, unusually high demands on the aquifer, and a host of other things can radically affect the quality of water pulled from a well.
So whether you have city water or get your drinking water from a well, you have plenty of good reason to test the quality of your water on a regular basis.
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Below you will find the most recent entries from
the Water Testing Blog, a site which
provides information about water test kits, water quality testing information, water quality issues
and drinking water filters.
Recent Updates on the Water Testing Blog
Testing for Nitrates in Drinking Water -- Blue baby syndrome. A very good reason to test the water coming up from your well for nitrates. Blue baby syndrome can also be caused by Methemoglobinemia. It is believed to be caused by high nitrate contamination in ground water resulting in decreased oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin in babies leading to death. The groundwater [...]... read more
posted 09/05/2010
City Employee Gets Probation for Falsifying Water Test Results -- We often get asked if people who have city/town water ought to test their drinking water from time to time. If you live in the city of Edgewood, Iowa, you no longer have to ask that question. While the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says they do not believe any dangerous water safety issues avoided [...]... read more
posted 09/03/2010
Water Testing Scam Reported -- Back in the month of June resident of Alberta, Canada with his own ‘news’ blog did his community a great service by posting an article warning people that scam artists had targeted neighbors. Apparently, a fly-by-night, or otherwise not-so-ethical organization, left small bags containing water sampling kits on people’s doors and has now started making [...]... read more
posted 09/02/2010
Question: What is a Sulfur Water Test? -- Today we received a question from NicholasG asking about something called… ‘a sulfur water test’. Don’t know if you can help, but what in the world is a sulfur water test? An older couple came by to look at our house today and before they left the man asked us the last time we had [...]... read more
posted 09/01/2010
Pool Winterizing Information on Pool-Water-Testing.Com -- Although many areas of the country continue to experience above average temperatures, the fact remains that the end of the 2010 swimming season has almost arrived. That means most pool owners have already started thinking about the things they’ll need to properly close up their pool. Often making the list of things that pool owners [...]... read more
posted 08/30/2010
Fecal Coliform Bacteria Found in Atlanta Area Water -- Now before you freak out, keep in mind that the presence of fecal coliform bacteria in a body of water does not necessarily mean the water will cause a person to get sick… or die. Also, this sampling included, for the most part, outside bodies of water, not drinking water supplies. So having said that, [...]... read more
posted 08/26/2010
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