{"id":424,"date":"2016-01-19T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2016-01-15T08:28:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:28:24","slug":"when-you-should-consider-water-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/when-you-should-consider-water-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Should Consider Water Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional water testing is the way to find out if you need to have a water treatment system installed and what type (or types) will solve the issues in the water. <a href=\"\/water-treatment\/water-testing\">You can call us to arrange for testing.<\/a> Our team will take samples of water from around the house, send them through a laboratory for testing, and then return with a full rundown of what\u2019s in your water, along with suggestions for how to improve it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are times when you should call us to arrange for water testing for your home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Every 3\u20135 years: <\/b>If you receive your water from the municipal system, testing is recommended every 3 to 5 years. Changes in the pipes and soil can always reduce water quality in the time since the previous test.<\/li>\n<li><b>If you receive water from a well: <\/b>You should always have well water tested, since unlike municipal water, it doesn\u2019t run through government-regulated treatment.<\/li>\n<li><b>Illness in your household: <\/b>If you or any member of your family starts to suffer from gastrointestinal problems, you should have testing done for the water in addition to those doctor visits.<\/li>\n<li><b>Change in the look\/taste of the water: <\/b>Should you notice the water taking on discoloration or becoming cloudy, or if the taste becomes unpleasant, don\u2019t hesitate to call for water testing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Septic system malfunction: <\/b>Issues with the septic system in a home can sometimes lead to backflow, where the sewer system contaminantes the freshwater system. This will permit the influx of bacteria into your water supply.<\/li>\n<li><b>Corroded pipes: <\/b>For older homes, corrosion may start to affect the pipes (this is an issue with galvanized steel pipes, which were still common pre-1970). But if corrosion start to affect <i>newer<\/i> pipes, it often indicates a high chemical content in the water, and you need to find out what it is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Ken Neyer Plumbing, Inc. offers water testing services and installation of many types of water treatment systems in Cincinnati, OH.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional water testing is the way to find out if you need to have a water treatment system installed and what type (or types) will solve the issues in the water. You can call us to arrange for testing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81],"tags":[87,91],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}