Water & Effluents Kit
You, your family and visitors to your home or business all have a right to expect clean, safe drinking water. Drinking water supplied from the public mains is carefully and regularly tested to make sure that it is clean and safe. While it is not possible for all private water supplies to be tested in the same manner, as the cost alone would be too expensive, it is sensible to know what problems may be present in your private water supply. Testing the water helps to discover these problems.
There are two main groups of impurities that can affect drinking water quality – microorganisms and chemicals.
- If certain types of micro-organisms are present in your drinking water then these will pose an immediate risk to your health and the health of your family or visitors. In some circumstances such organisms can cause serious long-term illness, such as kidney failure, long after the immediate effects (severe sickness and diarrhoea) have passed. In some unfortunate cases the presence of such organisms in drinking water has resulted in death.
- The presence of some very rare chemicals in your drinking water may lead to an increased risk of poisoning or developing cancer if the water is consumed over a long period of time. Other chemicals may make the water look or taste unpleasant while some can cause clothes to be badly stained when they are washed.
A typical programme will involve taking water samples and sending them to the laboratory where a series of tests will be performed to determine if the quality of your drinking water complies with the current Regulations.
Remember, water quality can deteriorate over time without regular monitoring.
Purchase a Test
Select the test you require below. A self testing kit will be despatched to you along with a pre-paid enevelope to return it for analysis. Delivery costs £5 per order.
"Our job is to test the quality of water, so that you can lead a healthy life"
