Concern or Symptom | | Test(s) |
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Blue/Green | | Copper |
Red/Brown (rust) | | Total Iron and Iron Bacteria
see Iron and Manganese Removal in
Home Water Treatment |
Yellow | | Total Iron
see Iron and Manganese Removal in
Home Water Treatment |
Deposit/Stains/Particulates: | |
Black | | Total Iron, Manganese, and Sulfide
see Iron and Manganese Removal in
Home Water Treatment |
Red/Orange | | Total Iron and Iron Bacteria
see Iron and Manganese Removal in
Home Water Treatment |
White/Gray | | Total Hardness
see Water Softeners and Distillation Units in
Home Water Treatment |
Blue/Green | | Copper and Total Iron |
Hard Water: | |
| | Total Hardness
see Water Softeners and Distillation Units in
Home Water Treatment |
Taste: | |
Metallic | | Total Dissolved Solids, Total Iron, Copper, and Zinc |
Salty | | Chloride |
Bitter | | Copper, Zinc, and Nitrate |
Odor: | |
Musty | | Heterotrophic Plate Count |
| | Mold and Yeast Count |
Rotten eggs | | see Rotten Egg Odor in Drinking Water in
Home Water Treatment |
Gasoline/fuel | | Gasoline Components |
| | Fuels/Oils (diesel, kerosene, motor oil, etc)
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Ammonia | | Ammonia |
Pesticides: | |
| | Common Herbicides (includes Atrazine, Alachlor, Cyanazine, Metolachlor, Metribuzin, Trifluralin, Butylate, Acetychlor)
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