Residential Drinking Water
-The EPA recommends that a homeowner on well test their water once a year for Total Coliform, E.coli, pH, Nitrates and Total Solids.
-ABE Laboratories has take some of our most common tests requested by homeowners and included them in some cost saving bundles.
Our most popular bundles are our ABE Safe Water Signature Bundle & our ABE Safe Water Signature Bundle with Lead and Arsenic.
Here are some common water symptoms and recommendations on what you should test for:
What’s in Your Water?
| SPOTTY GLASSES/White Buildup | Hardness |
| CLOUDY OR DIRTY WATER | Hardness, Iron, Manganese, Total Solids |
| OFF COLOR WATER | IRON, MANGANESE |
| PIN HOLE LEAKS | pH, Corrosivity, Copper, Lead |
| METALLIC OR BITTER TASTE | pH, Corrosivity, Copper, Lead, Iron Manganese |
| STOMACH PROBLEMS | Total Coliform, E.coli |
| BLUE/GREEN STAINING OR PINHOLE LEAKS | pH, Corrosivity, Copper, Lead |
| BLACK FLECKS OR STAINING | Iron, Manganese |
| SALTY TASTE | Chloride, Sodium, Total Solids |
| AGRICULTURE | Pesticides, Lead, Arsenic, Total Coliform /E.coli, Nitrate/Nitrite |
| CORNFIELDS | Atrazine, Nitrate/Nitrite |
| ROUND UP | Glyphosate |
| SEPTIC SYSTEM | Nitrate/Nitrite and Total Coliform/E.coli |
| ROAD DEICING | Sodium and Chloride |