Water Quality Testing Blog

Are you worried about the quality of your home water? The eXact® Micro 7+ handheld photometer is perfect for residential water testing. Packaging superior design and engineering with the latest patented technologies to deliver safe and exact water testing solutions that cost less. It uses our patented EZ-3™ Reagent Delivery Method for easy streamlined testing in a 4 mL plastic sample cell using … read more

Remember when Dr. Oz scared us about Apple Juice because his tests found higher than normal levels of Arsenic? The US Food and Drug Administration responded then Congress got involved. After public pressure, the FDA set a new limit on the acceptable level of arsenic allowed in apple juice.Under the new regulation the accepted FDA level in apple juice was lowered from 23 parts per billion (ppb) to … read more

Have you found bottles on your doorstep with a request for a home water test sample? Was someone at your door offering to test your drinking water for free? Offers to test home tap water are part of a growing water testing scam used to sell expensive water treatment devices or home water system. Last week the scam victimized the residents of Conyers, Georgia.To learn about your water quality, the … read more

A new study by the CDC illustrates the importance of practicing good hygiene when we swim in a pool. Michele Hlavsa, chief of the CDC’s Healthy Swimming Program had great advice. “Remember chlorine and other disinfectants don’t kill germs instantly. That’s why it’s important for swimmers to protect themselves by not swallowing the water they swim in and to protect others by keeping feces and germs … read more

WQA April 3 Presentation Download (PDF)

There is a handful of different methods for water quality testing, all of which have their own benefits and drawbacks. These methods are: Photometers and reagentsTitration reagentsComparator testTest StripsThe most accurate of all methods to date is the photometric method (like our eXact Photometers) that use reagents, namely due to the fact that there is no visual color matching needed, taking o … read more

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