Archive For The “Bacteria” Category
One danger we all face when purchasing a water filter: It doesn’t remove all the things we want it to remove. Yep, this can definitely happen to people if they do not have a thorough water quality analysis performed prior to purchasing a water filter for their home or place of business. National Testing Labs [...]
EZ Coliform Cult Bacteria Test Kit Local officials in an area near the city of Columbia, SC announced recently that residents living in and around the Allbene Park area should boil their water before use… … and by use they mean for drinking, cooking, as ice, or as a wash solution for food or anything [...]
We have written about boil water orders all over the country since starting this site several years ago… and just to prove a point, check out these recent stories about communities instructed boil their water because of water main breaks, equipment failures, etc. Coliform Bacteria Test Kit& Presence/Absence for E. Coli Terrebonne boil water advisory [...]
Around this time last month we talked about the outbreak of cholera in Haiti and a whole lot of our readers started to wonder if such an epidemic could ever reach the States… and we answered ‘yes’, but we don’t believe it would get much traction due to this country’s water quality infrastructure. The disease [...]
Many a comedian has said, “Hey… I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried!” Paternity Test KitSaliva-Based Testing Well, in this case, we would pity the person who could make this stuff up because the very idea of a guy putting his ‘man seed’ in another person’s drinking water — for fun — makes [...]
We get asked about this all the time, so once again we will address the topic of rotten egg smells in water… this time for a woman who suspects something has gone wrong with either her or her neighbor’s septic tank. Sandra77D wrote in and asked, “Hi. My water stinks like something awful. Rotten eggs [...]
Coliform Bacteria Test Kit Late last week residents in a Massachusetts community outside of Boston received word that water samples from two of the town’s wells tested positive for the presence of bacteria (enterococci bacteria). Accordingly, health officials advised residents to not use their tap water without boiling it first. Boiling the water before using [...]
WaterSafe Bacteria Test Kit As if the residents of New Orleans had not dealt with enough water-related issues in the past few years, health officials advised residents in the French Quarter and Lower 9th Ward areas to not use their water for any purpose without boiling it first. Boiling the water will kill off any [...]