Last month, in a post entitled There’s Gold In Them Thar Hills, I pointed out that lead ore mining had occurred to some extent on this property in the past. The ever-observant Florida Cracker over at Pure Florida asked in a comment whether we tested our well water for the presence of lead. We do test our water for lead, as well as other possible contaminants, using the WaterSafe home drinking water test kit.
This home testing kit is easy to use and tests for the presence of the most common contaminants found in drinking water. The directions for use are complete and easy to understand, and all of the tests (except for E.coli) provide results within minutes. The E.coli bacteria test is a simple test, but it requires 48 hours to produce results.
The test kit is available for purchase on-line from the manufacturer, Silver Lake Research, at the following website:
                       WaterSafe Home Testing Kits
Each test kit costs $16.99, with a nominal shipping charge added to the price at checkout. I bought two kits on my last order, and the shipping and handling totaled $4.00.
For less than $20.00 you can buy yourself quite a bit of peace of mind, which is an excellent deal in my book. And if your well water does not pass the tests, wouldn’t you rather know what the problems may be, rather than bury your head in the sand?
All the wells up here test high in Nitrates are are unsafe to drink for the old and the very young. As a result, we have been on a Rural Water system much like city water since the 80’s that is highly treated and probably not good for you either. I know in emergencies, our water is pulled from the Mississippi, the nations urinal. Yuck!
Thanks for that link! I’m ordering one tonight!!
Ed – It sometimes seems that nothing is good for us anymore.
FC – Here’s hoping for all negative results.
I know what your sayen about chemicials in water,where I’m at,I haul water because I live out in the country and grew up out here,I have a well that is pure sulpher water because I live in a area thats all sulpher springs.sence I haul city water from another city for muself and family,I,ve had to regesiture as a commercial water hauler and now I have to test everyload of water I haul.I have to keep a record of what time I loaded the water,distance traveled,time it took me to get it from there to here or where ever I’m taken it say my parents place,water test at the time I load the water,water test after I get it loaded checken for free clorine and combine clorine,when I get it to my place 20 minutes away I have to test it again.I know the test kit you have is a vary good one but what I have to use is a Taylors drinken water test kit that runs 45.00 each and I have to special order them when I run low every 5-6 mounths here.I test for alot more allso,almost 30 years of haulen water from that city and now I have to do this and nobody else does and its a requiroment in the state of ohio.Dont that kick the buckett?