How Do You Test Water Quality At Home?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, before you test your water you should contact your water supplier and get a copy of your annual water quality report. Once you’ve done that, in order to test water quality, you need a water quality kit. There are numerous water quality kits on the market, but they all are pretty much the same in procedure: they give you various strips which show you the amount of chlorine, copper, iron, and the pH level of your water as well as the hardness of your water. Fill a glass with cold or warm, but not hot water. Dip the strip which is labeled as the test for pH, alkalinity, chlorine and hardness in the glass of water. Keep the strip submerged for at least five seconds, waving it back and forth in the water. Remove the strip from the water, shaking off excess droplets of water. Wait 20 seconds. As you wait, get the color chart ready so that you can match up the colors on your strip with the ones displayed on the chart. Complete the color matchi
