Water Quality Test Kits

• Water quality test kits help determine your water's quality prior to the installation of a water softening system. In urban areas, water comes from a water treatment plant. In the water treatment plants, many chemicals are added to improve the drinkability of water. Other chemicals can pass into the water supply through ground water and water that is near certain types of industrial areas. Using a water quality test determines the overall quality of your drinking water and its hardness or softness. This type of test tells you, not only how much water softener you need, but what types of filters are best for the water that comes into your home or business.
  
  

Water Softness Test Kits

• If you are comfortable with the quality of the water you drink, but notice rust stains in your sink and toilets, you may have hard water. Water softness test kits determine the amount of naturally-occurring minerals in your water, and how much water softener you need to produce the desired affect. Whole house water softeners use salt, magnets and sometimes chemicals to add softness to the water. These systems work by filtering the water at the source before it comes through the water pipes and out the tap or other dispenser. Use an installation water softness test kit to determine whether you need a whole house water softening system to soften your water.
  
  

Well Water Test Kits

• Well water softening system test kits are uniquely designed to test the hardness and quality of well water. Well water is much more susceptible to hardness because of the natural path of the ground water. Ground water and spring water passes over rocks and minerals in the ground, which add hardness to the water. Well water can have a sulfur or metallic taste, but a water softening system can treat the water where it enters the house, and remove much of the odor and taste. Water softening test kits for well water can save costly repairs to sinks and cut down on the yellowing of clothes and linens.
  
  

Water Softener System Maintenance

• Once you determine whether you need a whole house water softening system by using an installation test kit, test the system regularly. Maintenance test kits help determine whether you are adding enough chemicals or salt to the system for optimum softness. Water softening test kits for system maintenance usually come in the form of test tablets. These test tablets can be simply immersed in a glass of water from any faucet to test for hardness. After the test tablet dissolves, the water changes color to indicate hardness or softness, according to the package directions. If your water is hard, these test kits tell you how much softener to add to your filtration system to get it back to proper softness.