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Tap Score Customer Support–Why It Rocks

Tap Score Customer Support–Why It Rocks

Tap Score support team includes world-class advice and assistance from engineers, scientists, and toxicological researchers. The goal is to bring sophisticated water quality advice to anyone who needs it. Read...

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Shipping Options with Tap Score

Shipping with Tap Score

With Tap Score, shipping a water sample to the laboratory is easy! All test packages include prepaid return shipping labels. Read on to learn about various shipping option upgrades if...

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Tap Score Powered by SimpleLab

Tap Score Powered by SimpleLab

“Powered by SimpleLab” guarantees that Tap Score samples are analyzed at the optimal facility for fastest turnaround time while still meeting your laboratory certification and test panel requirements. Read more...

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Create a SimpleLab Account

How to Create a SimpleLab Account

Creating a SimpleLab Account is not only quick, easy, and free–it also provides numerous benefits. Read on to learn how to create your SimpleLab Account today!

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Volatile Organic Compounds in Drinking Water

What Are VOCs and Are They in Your Drinking Water?

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are everywhere. From industry, agriculture, transportation, and everyday household products–once VOCs contaminate drinking water, they can be hard to remove. Learn what VOCs are, how to detect them, the health risks, and...

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Is my water filter working?

How Do I Know If My Water Filter Is Working?

Residential water filtration products will claim to remove different contaminants from your water, but how do you know they’re working? The only way to truly know is to test your...

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Simple Ways to Avoid Arsenic Exposure

Simple Ways to Avoid Arsenic Exposure

Read to learn what level of arsenic is considered dangerous, which foods and drinks may increase your arsenic exposure, and easy steps you can take to reduce the risk.

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What do the units on a water quality report mean?

How To Interpret Water Testing Units

Water contaminants are measured using a variety of units depending on what fits best. From PPM to CFU/mL to pCi/L–we know it can be confusing. Read on to learn how...

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