HI Jim

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:15:08 -0700 (PDT), jim
wrote:

possibly OT but I intend to DIY the follow-on system so:-

Anyone know what I should expect to pay for a laboratory drinking
water anaylsis on our spring water? Seems we have acidity and Iron at
the least........
NB We're in West Yorks.


When we lived in the UK (Suffolk) our 'general' test, which covered
nitrates, micro-organisms, and a few other things (can't remember
now..) was between 100 and 200 pounds. I had a tidy out last month and
ditched all the records & reports...

Thing is - the lab will test for whatever you ask them to test for
(and charge accordingly)..... and it's knowing what you want tested
that's half the battle

Strictly speaking, you'd want to re-test after installing whatever
treatment you decide on, to prove to your satisfaction that your water
is now OK.

We had a defective UV filter on our UK installation, which only showed
up as an unacceptable high reading on 'bugs' (?cryptosporidium?) - and
so we did a lab re-test after installing a new filter.

Something relatively simple like pH you can test yourself - we can
tell when our dosing chemical has run out because the dreaded 'blue
ring' reappears in the bath !

I understand that you don;t want to spend more than you have to -
but I wouldn't want to take chances with someting as fundamental as
drinking water supply. If / when you come to sell the property you can
expect that certs of analysis will be asked for g

After all, the water's basically 'free' - so it's worth spending a
little to make sure that you're doing the necessary treatments.

Just my two-pennorth g
Adrian