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Water quality & water testing information for the rest of us...
The folks who operate the Water Testing Blog won't blind you with technical jargon, try to sell you things you don't need or clutter your screen with popups.
They will, however, offer useful information about important topics pertaining to water quality, water quality testing, and water quality filtration while relating those topics to current, real news stories from around the country, and sometimes, the world.
Recently on the Water Testing Blog
Kansas Residents Concerned About Bad Smelling Well Water -- 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 [...]... more details here, 02/01/2012
Liquid Reagent Turns Yellow in Presence of Chlorine -- 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 [...]... more details here, 01/31/2012
Deeply Discounted Water Testing in Stamford, CT -- 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 [...]... more details here, 01/27/2012
River of Blood Flowing Into the Trinity River? -- 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 [...]... more details here, 01/25/2012
Science Fair Project: Testing for Arsenic in Apple Juice? -- 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 [...]... more details here, 01/24/2012
Orange Hair From Tap Water? Too Much Iron in the Water! -- 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 [...]... more details here, 01/18/2012
