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Water Home Testing Kit

  • 12-09-2005 7:10am
    #1
    smileygal
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    Hi,
    Can anyone recommend a home testing kit for water quality/minerals, etc?
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    kaiphas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭kaiphas


    smileygal wrote:
    Hi,
    Can anyone recommend a home testing kit for water quality/minerals, etc?
    Thanks.

    Hi Smileygal,

    You'll need to be more specific. What are you testing the water for?
    Hardness (calcium), Iron, TDS (total dissolved solids) & Chlorine are the normal tests people seem to be interested in.
    These test kits can be purchased from any laboratory supplier, (VWR & AGB have an online catalogue). The test kits are typically colour based, ir you add tablets into a volume of water until a colour change is observed and then multiply the number of tablets by whatever factor is on the bottle to calculate the levels present.


  • #3
    CJhaughey
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    Or alternatively any good Aquarium shop will stock them as they are necessary for testing tank water for all the above


  • #4
    smileygal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭smileygal


    Thanks. It's well water and looking mainly for too much of anything, e.g iron. Chlorine no problem.

    So it's ok to use an aquarium test? Never thought of that.


  • #5
    CJhaughey
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    Chlorine no problem?
    Bleahh! I would be very concerned about chlorine especially an excess of it.
    I have some strips that I got for testing aquarium tank water you dip it in to the tank and shake the excess water off, wait 60 seconds and match the colours with a provided chart, tests for Ph, Total hardness GH/TH, Carbonate hardness KH, Nitrite NO2,and Nitrate NO3.
    real easy to use I haven't got an Iron test but they are available as a single test kit.


  • #6
    smileygal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭smileygal


    Thanks again for more detail. Chlorine no prob cos not mains water.


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  • #7
    kaiphas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭kaiphas


    smileygal wrote:
    Thanks again for more detail. Chlorine no prob cos not mains water.


    You'l also want to test for Nitrates (caused by agri run-off) and also various microbio tests.

    If you're going to drink the water maybe you should consider sending the samples off to a professional testing lab - they aren't too expensive and what price health.

    FOr more details of testing procedures, list of tests etc etc check out the following:

    http://www.heartspring.net/well_water_contamination.html)


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