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Posted by Li on May 2, 2007, 6:02 pm
Go to an aquarium store. They usually have a variety of inexpensive test
kits.
>I have pretty much always had a whole house water filter in my home.
> The filter is a sediment filter rated at 16,000 gallons and lasts about 3
> months before it needs changing.
> Two years ago it needed about 2 months between changing.
> In the past month the filter needed to be changed weekly!
>
> I have contacted (two years ago and now more recently) the local water
> authority, dpw, and town supervisor and have emailed digital photos of the
> water filters. The local water authority, as expected, simply quotes how
> NYS mandates periodic water testing and such and pretty much guarantees
> that the water is safe to drink/use. It does not recommend a use of a
> water filter (only as personal preference).
> It's not like I water my lawn (and my neighbor's) or have a swimming pool
> or take 100 showers each day. There has been no annual flushing of the
> hydrants yet and now local fires needing the fire department to make use
> of the hydrants.
>
> I have also contacted a water testing facility and there is not much they
> can do/suggest. Of course they said I could test for everything my town
> tests for (for $4000) or I could bring in an old filter and they can test
> it for iron ($45) which they think is the most likely cause. They think
> the insides of the water distribution pipes are slowly corroding and
> again, short of replacing or resurfacing the insides of these pipes with a
> cement coating, the sediment and discoloration is just something I would
> need to accept and live with.
>
> Is there an inexpensive testing kit that is available so that I could test
> for iron and such ?
>
> Any other thoughts on this are appreciated.
>
> Walter
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