DIY Water Testing at Home
DIY Water Testing at Home is Easy. Local conditions can help indicate what you should be testing for. Different tests may be used for city water and well water. If you are using a RO reverse osmosis system then TDS (total dissolved solids) is a test you need to perform to know if your reverse osmosis membrane is perfoming correctly. This can be done with an electronic TDS water tester that can be used repeatedly. Generally once a reverse osmosis membrane no longer removes more than 80% of the TDS it should be replaced.
Other common home water tests can check for:
