Water Science Articles

The basics of where your water comes from—from groundwater and surfacewater to rainwater supplies—along with pollution risks

Corrosion and scaling. What are they? How are they related? And what can you do to prevent expensive failures in your water pipes and fixtures?

A guide to everything you need to know about water hardness, total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, and alkalinity

There are thousands of acronyms used by the EPA, water engineers, and public health practitioners. This article provides clarity on important water-related acronyms

An in-depth guide detailing how the Tap Score algorithm evaluates the potential health, aesthetic, and plumbing effects of your water sample

Does water quality impact fruits and vegetables? A guide to understanding how water quality impacts your vegetable garden and how lab testing your tap water can help

Laboratory certification in the water quality industry is as important as it is confusing. Here we try to disentangle the many threads of laboratory accreditation and certification so that you...

All laboratory testing instruments and methods have an inherent minimum detection level–a concentration below which an instrument fails to measure something reliably. If you’re doing a laboratory water test then...