As the seasons change so should your well maintenance routine. Different weather patterns affect water quality in a variety of ways. Testing your water during certain times of the year...

Your water's appearance, smell, and taste are often important clues to finding potential hazards. In this piece, we’ll go over sense-based signs that can help guide you to the source...

How do you go about testing your well water in a laboratory? Here's your complete overview to testing your private well.

Our entire food system relies on pesticides. One of the primary ways that pesticides work their way into the water supply is by seeping through the soil to the groundwater....

If my water is contaminated, I will know, right? Unfortunately… if you’ve been reading Tips for Taps, you’ll probably know the answer. Some drinking water contaminants are completely impossible to...

In this instructional guide to Shock Chlorination, the water experts at SimpleLab give you a clear and dependable method for treating your drinking water to remove coliform, E. coli, and...

Hydraulic fracturing—colloquially known as “fracking”—began as an experiment in 1947. Today, it’s a well-worn approach to natural gas production, one that remains a highly controversial practice. Concerns—both health and environmental—are magnified...

Did you know that–despite popular belief–the dangers of uranium contamination in water mostly come from the toxic chemical effects of the heavy metal accumulation? Here's a quick guide to explain the concerns...