How to Determine the Quality of Tap Water?

On our website, and in other sources, it is constantly mentioned that before buying a water purification filter, it is important to determine the initial characteristics of the tap liquid. Various cartridges and various systems are designed to deal with various types of contamination. Not all of them soften hard water or effectively remove the smallest iron impurities. In general, analysis is necessary in any case. This will greatly affect the purchase of the device. So, there are three ways to determine the quality of water.

CALL THE OPERATOR CONSULTANT

This action cannot be called a complete analysis, but qualified a specialist can tell offhand what pollutants are typical for the water in your region and will suggest elementary ways to check its characteristics at home. To do this, you need to prepare in advance the answers to the following questions:

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• The taste of water. Salty, bitter, or maybe a little sweet?
• Smell. Does it exist at all? How does it feel?
• Color. Is the water clear, yellowish, white?
• Presence / absence of sediment.

the amount of pollution.

LABORATORY TESTS

This is undoubtedly one of the most reliable ways to check the quality of the water you consume. First of all, with a question of verification, you can contact the sanitary-epidemiological station. However, in big cities there are also specialized firms that provide services of this kind. Often, water analysis is paid, but it cannot be said that such a test is expensive. As a result of the analysis, an extract and a transcript are issued, after which it is possible to say with confidence which elements oversupply threatens your health. Organoleptic, chemical and generalized indicators are determined.

INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION

One of the reliable ways of determining the chemical composition is self-verification. To carry it out, you need to buy kits of chemical reagents, most of all they are imported. Further, according to the standard scheme, familiar from schoolchildren: a drug is poured into the water (poured), which signals the presence of contamination by changing color or other chemical reactions. All such kits contain instructions for use and are sold in specialized stores or on the Internet.