Archive For The “Water Testing” Category

Kansas Residents Concerned About Bad Smelling Well Water

By | February 1, 2012

Pentek US-1500 Water Filter SystemNSF/ANSI STANDARD 053 for VOC Reduction Many people believe well water cannot become tainted by contaminants because it typically comes from locations far beneath the surface. Water Testing Blog strongly suggests that you DO NOT BUY INTO THAT LINE OF THOUGHT. We ‘yelled’ that last bit for a reason. Unwanted and [...]

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Liquid Reagent Turns Yellow in Presence of Chlorine

By | January 31, 2012

Today’s inquiry came to us from ‘Kishore’ who asked a question about a liquid test reagent that turned yellow when added to a sample of water containing chlorine-based water disinfection tablets. Dear Sir, I mixed chlorine tablets(water purification Tablets) in water. my friend taken water in Test tube. mixed one drop of liquid then water [...]

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Deeply Discounted Water Testing in Stamford, CT

By | January 27, 2012

In the past we wrote about water quality issues in Stamford, CT possibly resulting from contaminants buried beneath a local field. Suspected contaminants include pesticides and volatile organic contaminants. Hundreds of Stamford residents have registered for the health department’s new water testing program scheduled to launch early next month, leaving about a third of the [...]

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River of Blood Flowing Into the Trinity River?

By | January 25, 2012

OK, so if THIS does not tell you that owners of private wells should perform periodic testing of the water pulled from their wells, then we wholeheartedly doubt we will ever find a better reason. A hobbyist drone (unmanned aircraft) pilot in the Dallas, TX area captured a rather disturbing image of what looked like [...]

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Science Fair Project: Testing for Arsenic in Apple Juice?

By | January 24, 2012

With so many news outlets discussing recent findings of arsenic in bottles of apple juice bearing brand names it comes as no surprise to us that we would receive an inquiry like the one we just got from ‘Hadiah’ who asked, “I would like to know exactly what arsenic testing kit i could use for [...]

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Orange Hair From Tap Water? Too Much Iron in the Water!

By | January 18, 2012

Can you get orange hair from tap (or well) water? Some residents in the Boulder Hill area of Illinois have presented their local water department with evidence that it can happen… and have water test results documenting the presence of three times the normal level of iron in their tap water. Last week, residents complained [...]

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Turns Red When Mixed With Chlorinated Water — Leak Detection

By | January 17, 2012

Every once in a while we get a question about a topic related to water quality, but not quite a water quality question… so today’s question came to us from ‘Michael’ who asked, I need to purchase a quick test means to locate water leaks in supply pipes to my residential water service meter. The [...]

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Bad Water in Brooklyn?

By | January 15, 2012

Many times in life we will unknowingly get exposed to potentially harmful contaminants — and never know about it. Other times we know about it and just don’t know what to do about it. Today’s inquiry came to us from a woman named ‘Rachel’ who asked, Hi..I work in an office building in brooklyn (11211) [...]

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NSF Certified Water Filter (HomePure AP-0930) a ‘Good Product’?

By | January 10, 2012

A plethora of water quality improvement products exists and sometimes the choices seem overwhelming — even to folks with more than a little knowledge on the topics of water quality and water quality improvement. Today’s inquiry came to us from ‘Ric C’ who asked a very wise question about a water filtration unit he may [...]

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Quick Testing Method for Fluoride in Water

By | January 4, 2012

Today’s question came to us from ‘Malli’ who asked, “tell me simple method to find out the flourine percentage .Thanque” For the sake of this article, and because it would make his/her inquiry make more sense, we will assume that Malli intended to ask for a method of testing for FLUORIDE levels in water. Regretfully [...]

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