Hard Water Soap Test
Do you think you have hard water? We came across an interesting DIY test for checking hard water in your home. So today, let’s try an experiment comparing a DIY water hardness test to results [...]
How to Test Your Well Water
Every so often, we get a walk-in looking to test their well water. We don’t do any in-house water testing, and more often than not, we don’t have test strips for the parameters people are [...]
Science Fair Experiment: Water Quality Testing
The U.S. Geological Survey is fantastic resource for water quality information, definitions, experiments and data. We look to their extensive knowledge base when it comes to water quality properties. USGS defines water quality as “a [...]
Testing Waters with Invasive Species
We are participating in our local Sci-Tech / Xplor-ology Event, which is right around the corner. Every year, there are a couple of booths with quite a bit of information about watershed and water quality [...]
Water Hardness Science Experiment
Here at Precision Laboratories, we live in a region with very hard water. Water softeners are common place, and without them, calcium deposits can quickly build. But not every place is like this. In the [...]
Drinking Water Science Experiment
We work with a few companies that are making devices to help bring safe drinking water to low-resource communities where it is otherwise hard to come by. We mentioned Cascade Designs in an article posted [...]
Neutral pH: Does Water Have a Taste?
When you look at any example of the pH scale, you see that water has a neutral pH of 7. You’ll also see example of acidic substances, like lemon juice, orange juice, and tomato juice, [...]
Calculating Phosphorous using the Phosphate Test Strips
“I have purchased your phosphate test strips. I'm a bit confused with the scale of the results. We are testing creek water and expected phosphate from a clean creek is below 0.025 for Australian Standards. [...]
Use of Hydrochloric Acid with Fluoride Test Strips
We received another great technical question with regards to the use of Hydrochloric Acid to adjust pH before using our Fluoride test strips. “I need to test fluoride content in storm sewer outfalls. What is [...]
Can I use your Nitrite test strips to detect bacteria in water?
This was a question received by a customer that initially puzzled us, but after some investigative research, we thought it was a great question worth sharing. Let’s first look at the nitrogen cycle in an [...]