Two water departments have advised residents In Los Angeles against drinking tap water due to potential contamination ...

"Checking well water is important because most contaminants have no taste, smell or color, and testing is the only way to ensure it's safe to drink," says Rupa Mehta, a home care expert at Angi.

Let the water run for 3 minutes before taking a sample to ensure you are testing the water from the well. Testing your farm’s water for the presence of E.coli is an important part of you farm’s food ...

These at-home water testing strips could be good for basic use, but “unless you have a private drinking water well, a lot of those test kits aren’t that helpful,” Whelton says. The at-home ...

In most counties when you sell a home with a private well, the county health or planning department or your lender may require you to provide water sampling results to show that your water is safe to ...

The bacteria test, meantime, is easy to do at home, with results in ... we’ve taken these water strips on camping trips and vacations to test well water, hotel water and lake water as well.