General Properties Articles

The two most important federally regulated water-related acronyms: MCLG and MCL. What do they mean? We're here to explain it.

Water softeners come in handy if your water is "hard," which means it it has high levels of dissolved calcium and magnesium.

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

A Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is one way to start finding answers that can shed some light about what flows from your tap. Find out what they reveal.

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...

Acidic well water is a relatively common issue among well owners. But is acidic well water a concerning problem? Tap Score recommends the remedies

How to interpret units for measuring chemical, biological, radiological, and other contaminants that you often encounter on your water quality reports.