What options are there for testing water quality?
1. Water Analysis by the Municipal Waterworks
Advantage: The data is available for free and can be retrieved immediately.
Disadvantage: The values are not very meaningful for the end consumer. This is because they do not apply to the water that finally comes out of the tap, but only to the water up to the boundary of your home.
2. Test by an Accredited Laboratory
Advantages: The sample can be taken easily, independently and evaluated individually by a professional laboratory. Within a short time, you will receive a meaningful result on the water quality and an answer as to whether the water in your home is harmless.
Disadvantage: The test is chargeable.
3. Quick Test
Advantages: A quick test is easy to carry out.
Disadvantages: The test is chargeable and unfortunately it’s not that meaningful.
Conclusion: If you want to analyse your own drinking water, you should have your sample tested by a laboratory. IVARIO offers water test kits for all needs.
Health is a valuable asset that must be protected. Drinking water can contain various pollutants such as lead, nitrate or coliform bacteria.
Therefore, a check makes sense in any case. Even if you don’t drink your tap water, you use it every day for cooking and for making tea and coffee. Unlike bacteria, heavy metals such as lead or copper cannot be removed by boiling. So if chemical or organic pollutants are detected, the cause can be determined and eliminated. If no limit value is exceeded, the water can be consumed with a clear conscience.
Does it make sense to have a drinking water analysis carried out?
Health is a valuable asset that must be protected. Drinking water can contain various pollutants such as lead, nitrate or coliform bacteria. Therefore, a check makes sense in any case. Even if you don’t drink your tap water, you use it every day for cooking and for making tea and coffee. Unlike bacteria, heavy metals such as lead or copper cannot be removed by boiling. So if chemical or organic pollutants are detected, the cause can be determined and eliminated. If no limit value is exceeded, the water can be consumed with a clear conscience.
What are the reasons for taking a water test?
There are various reasons for people to have their water analysed. Parents and pregnant women want to make sure that the water will not harm their children. Another reason is when people move or buy a house. Everybody wants to be sure that the water is of impeccable quality from the start. On the other hand residents in old buildings want to be sure that their older house pipes are not contaminated with pollutants such as heavy metals.
Who is responsible for the quality of drinking water?
The waterworks comply with the Drinking Water Ordinance and supply excellent water without elevated parameters. However, they cannot guarantee that this is the quality of the water that comes out of their taps. The water can be contaminated with pollutants inside the water fittings or through the household plumbing system. Landlords and homeowners are ultimately responsible for ensuring that this does not happen.