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Although municipalities typically keep tight watch over the quality of water they pump out to consumers, sometimes other factors between the water plant and your faucet may affect the end product they drink, bathe in, and cook with.
End users (consumers) of water supplied by the city may want to periodically check the quality of the water they get from their water company.
Testing the water water quality at your home, office, school or other place of interest does NOT have to cost a fortune, though, as some water service professionals would have you believe. While nothing takes the place of certified laboratory testing, simple, do-it-yourself home water quality test kits offer fast results at a fraction of the cost and can alert consumers to the fact that they may want to consider having their water examined by a certified laboratory.
Examples of Home Water Test Kits
 4 in 1 City Water Check |
The 4-in-1 City Water Check home water test kit gives fast, accurate water test results for four major parameters often looked at in city (or municipally) treated drinking water: pH, Total Alkalinity, Total Chlorine, and Total Hardness. The test takes less than 30 seconds to perform and requires no technical training. |
 WaterWorksTM 5-Way |
The WaterWorksTM 5-Way home water test kit gives fast, accurate and reliable results for Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, pH, Total Alkalinity, and Total Hardness — all on the same strip. Test time takes less than 30 seconds and makes use of a single dip-and-read procedure so no technical training is required to perform the test. Packaged in bottles of 50 or as individually foil-wrapped test strips, the WaterWorksTM 5-Way home water test kit makes test your city/municipal water both simple and affordable. |
 WaterWorksTM 9-Way |
The WaterWorksTM 9-Way Test Kit quickly and accurately reports results for pH, Total Alkalinity, Nitrate/Nitrite as Nitrogen, Total Hardness, Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Iron, and Copper. All tests come packaged individually to reduce risk of strip contamination. Short test times, easy-to-follow instructions and clear color charts make this highly sensitive and extremely cost-effective home water test kit a must-have for homeowners interested in the quality of their water |
 COMPLETE Water Test Kit |
The COMPLETE Water Test Kit offers homeowners the ability to quickly and accurately test for Bacteria, Nitrates, Nitrites, Hydrogen Sulfide, Total Hardness, Total Alkalinity, Total Chlorine, Free Chlorine, Chloride, Copper, Sulfate, Iron, and pH. COMPLETE Water Test Kit gives its users rapid, comprehensive water test results at an affordable cost — MSRP of around $25 USD. |
 Water Quality Test Kit |
With a name as simple and easy to understand as Water Quality Test Kit, you know getting accurate water test results won’t take long. This comprehensive, yet affordable, home water test kit contains the following tests: (2) tests for Iron, (2) tests for Copper, (2) tests for Chloride, (2) tests for Nitrate/Nitrite as Nitrogen, (2) tests for Total Chlorine, (2) tests for Total Hardness, (2) tests for Free Chlorine, (2) tests for Sulfate, (2) tests for pH, (2) tests for Total Alkalinity, (2) tests for Hydrogen Sulfide, (1) Pesticide in Water test, (1) Lead in Water test, and (1) 48 Hour Presence/Absence test for Coliform Bacteria. If you’re looking for a do-it-all, do-it-yourself home water test that won’t break the bank, you should definitely take a long look at the perfectly named Water Quality Test Kit — MSRP of around $40 USD. |
For a more advanced water test kit which uses instrumentation (i.e. a meter, colorimeter, etc.), please take a look at the eXact EZ meter. Its simple operation, water resistant construction and versatility make it a great tool to have in the field when accuracy, reliability and fast test results matter.
UPDATE: A new meter called the “eXact Micro 7+” came out at the beginning of 2009 and boasts the abilty to test for more than 25 different water quality parameters — which include Total Alkalinity, Bromine, Calcium Hardness, Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Copper, Ozone, Permanganate, pH, Ammonia, Chloride/Salt, Chlorine Dioxide, Chromium Hexavalent, Cyanuric Acid, Iodine, Iron, Low Range Total Hardness, Manganese, Nitrate, Nitrite, Acid pH, Alkali pH, Potassium, Sulfate, Sulfide, and Turbidity. Click here for additional information on this new, highly practical water quality testing meter called the eXact Micro 7+.
Additionally, for those wanting to see more at-home test kits for drinking water, please visit SenSafe-Test-Kits.Com and WaterSafe-Test-Kits.Com.
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