Reasons To Test Your Water

Review the table below to determine what water tests are necessary for your situation or concern: Conditions or Nearby Activities   Test For       Coal or other mining operations nearby   Metals, pH, corrosion       Corrosion of pipes, plumbing   Corrosion, pH, lead       Dump, junkyard, landfill, factory, gas station, or dry-cleaning operation nearby   Volatile organic compounds, total dissolved solids, pH, sulfate, chloride, metals       Gas drilling operations nearby   Chloride, sodium, barium, strontium       Household plumbing contains lead    pH, lead, copper       Nearby areas of intensive agriculture   Nitrate, pesticides, coliform bacteria       Objectionable taste or smell   Hydrogen sulfide, corrosion, metals       Odor of gasoline or fuel oil, and near   station or buried fuel tanks   Volatile organic compounds       Radon in indoor air or region is radon rich   Radon       Rapid wear of water treatment equipment   pH, corrosion        Recurring gastrointestinal illness   Coliform bacteria       Salty taste and seawater, or a heavily salted roadway nearby   Chloride, total dissolved solids, sodium       Scaly residues, soaps don't lather   Hardness       Stained plumbing fixtures, laundry   Iron, copper, manganese       Water appears cloudy, frothy, or colored   Color, detergents       Water softener needed to treat hardness   Manganese, iron