Drinking water testing?

Depends what you wanna test for. Bacteria will take a week to cultivate in a lab. Chemicals can usually be tested instantly. Is there anything specific you're worried about?
 
hornetstinger said:
Don't your local water provider offer free testing?
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Borehole. We've had it tested through a filter company but we have another potentially linked part we need testing to see if the results come back the same which changes our plans. We can go through the same company but wondering if we could go direct rather than through a middle man.

We need the full range such as manganese etc.
 
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helpimcrap said:
Borehole. We've had it tested through a filter company but we have another potentially linked part we need testing to see if the results come back the same which changes our plans. We can go through the same company but wondering if we could go direct rather than through a middle man.

We need the full range such as manganese etc.
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Then you need to test the PH, as well as the EC.

EC as in electrical conductivity.

The higher the EC, the higher amount of minerals in the water.

Excellent tap water will have an EC of 0.1 to 0.3, assuming the PH is within desired parameters.

An EC of 1, or more indicates a lot of minerals in the water and not good for drinking. That's very 'hard water' and causes lime scale etc in pipes and kettles etc.
 
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helpimcrap said:
Borehole. We've had it tested through a filter company but we have another potentially linked part we need testing to see if the results come back the same which changes our plans. We can go through the same company but wondering if we could go direct rather than through a middle man.

We need the full range such as manganese etc.
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You're gonna want someone completely independent. No skin in the game whatsoever, as people lie and manipulate and conveniently omit data all the time.

Dunno if they'll do private stuff, but we use Eurofins quite a bit - https://www.eurofins.co.uk/water-hygiene-testing/
 
I'm not sure if you're just trying to save a few quid, but if you are, is drinking water an area you want to do it in...
 
Normally whoever put the borehole in would organise testing from what I've seen so if there's some paperwork for the borehole then might be a test report in there somewhere? Guess I'm familiar with larger operations though, if it's just for your house or something or it's an old borehole then maybe not.

I think in theory any UKAS accredited lab should be reliable, so could check on their website to make sure a company is accredited.
 
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