Appropriate Ways Of Using Water Testing Labs

By Gwen Lowe


There is a number o of ways of maintaining good health. This could be by eating a well balanced diet; a diet that contains all categories of food materials; minerals included. All the same, safety of consumed food is not guaranteed if raw materials used in its preparation are contaminated in any way. To manage this uncertainty in best manner, there are water testing labs established to assess it before use.

Safe water is becoming scarce day by day as environment gets more and more polluted. It is recommended that a people only consume such products that has been declared to be of low risk. To be of low risk means that it should contain the minimal amount of dissolved minerals which are of no consequence to users. Similarly, it should not bare pathogenic microbes or worms of any kind.

it can be safe naturally or by treatment. Natural springs are a good sources considered to be clean and safe. Main sources are from open earth surface. It is so prone to human contamination and so need assessment and treatment before use. Such treatment may take various forms as boiling, filtering, distillation among others.

Level of safety directly corresponds to health state of a people using it. There are a number of illnesses caused by using contaminated sources. Such illness may result from body surface contact or oral consumption of such unsuitable preparations.

Laboratories have been very useful scientific advancements in analyzing water and its sources before it can be consumed. Companies are available to offer residential or commercial analysis to domestic water. Services are extended to other consumers who work in professional lines related to entire process of obtaining, treating and distributing water. Such people include water treatment professionals, home inspectors, public suppliers, irrigation and agricultural officers.

At the laboratory, two different kinds of tests may be carried out. The two are, chemistry assessment done in a chemistry lab or microbe analysis done in the microbiology lab. Every single supplier is required to routinely carry out tests in accredited laboratories to maintain the required safety standards. Some labs extend their services to test the quality of waste and effluents as this has direct impact on the inhabitants of such places.

Testing is a procedural process. First step involves collection of a sample that needs testing. Submission forms a second step. A number of information need to be entered in a form requesting the test so as to assist in guiding test procedure. Third step is to deliver a test sample to a laboratory. It must be done in a manner that does not impair test results. For example, it must be free from contamination. Forth step involves the real laboratory workings to meet the requested test. Finally, the test is relayed back to person who requested for it.

Tests are relatively cheap to carry out than to handle the resultant bad health caused by contaminated water. Safe one guarantees an extent of good health and all persons in the population need to b conscious of it. If possible then all individuals should insist on using tested water.




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