Water-test guide

Start with your water source.
Then name the question.

These are mail-in laboratory test kits available for online ordering. A bigger panel is not automatically the better purchase. Use this guide to narrow the catalog and compare product details. For a permit, property transaction, legal matter, or health decision, confirm the required method with the organization that will rely on the result before ordering.

Broad panelWhen you need a wider baseline.

Targeted testWhen one analyte is the real question.

Special requirementConfirm the required method before buying.

Private well or spring

Get a broad view of well water.

Broad panels for private wells and springs. Start with the size of the panel you need, then compare the analytes and return-shipping requirements.

Municipal tap water

Compare city-water panels.

Broad panels designed around municipal tap-water questions, including metals, general chemistry, and disinfection-related parameters.

One specific concern

Answer a narrower question.

Focused tests for a defined question such as bacteria, nitrate and nitrite, lead, arsenic, radon, uranium, fluoride, or tannins.

A special situation

Match the test to the job.

Purpose-built analyses for real-estate requirements, treatment performance, corrosion, staining, odor, slime, or suspected waterborne pathogens.

Before you rely on a result

Informational testing and required testing are not always the same.

If the result will be used for lending, permitting, regulation, litigation, or another formal requirement, confirm the accepted laboratory, method, collection procedure, and reporting limits before ordering. Regan Water product support can help clarify listed kit details, but cannot decide what a third party will accept.

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