Well Water Testing

[wazza]

Stoneman

I dont know, I would run with the advice on filters already posted here.

I think 1 micron is the bench mark from memory for things like gardia,

[laphanphon]

i think the pure's are .3 microns, will double check, but rings a bell.

[bluejets]

Backflow preventer valves compulsory on all outside taps in Aus.
Just a small device that screws on to the tap and once in place, it cannot be removed.
Threaded on the end just like the tap so you can attach your hose or whatever just like before.
Main reason here is to stop pestiside sprays, that plug onto the garden hose, from being drained into the main supply when work is carried out on water mains etc.

[bluejets]

Found a photo here if I can get it to load.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1083/image1fg.jpg

[jackspratt]

Backflow preventer valves compulsory on all outside taps in Aus.

News to me - my house in Oz certainly doesn't have them.

[BkkBill]

Found a photo here if I can get it to load.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1083/image1fg.jpg

These back-flow preventers have been mandatory in Canada for the past fifteen or so years although they are built into the faucet not an attachment as you show in your picture.

[bluejets]

News to me - my house in Oz certainly doesn't have them

New houses.

[polehawk]

Polehawk..

I ordered the kit through http://www.discovertesting.com/ .They have a large variety of well testing kits...I bought the kit that cost $24.95..

Stoneman

Stoneman, thanks for the info. I ordered the well water test kit and should be here soon. International shipping charges are $40.50 USD but worth it if able to perform all of the listed tests.

[stoneman]

Polehawk..

I ordered the kit through http://www.discovertesting.com/ .They have a large variety of well testing kits...I bought the kit that cost $24.95..

Stoneman

Stoneman, thanks for the info. I ordered the well water test kit and should be here soon. International shipping charges are $40.50 USD but worth it if able to perform all of the listed tests.

I had mine shipped to a friend in the US that was coming over and saved the international postage

Stoneman

[parrot]

Any chance anyone has had their water tested recently at the government office in Noonsoon (near where you get a driver's license)? Last we were there was in 1998. I'd be interested in knowing the current cost for a full water test.