{"id":627,"date":"2017-01-09T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2017-01-10T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:21:27","slug":"when-to-schedule-water-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/water-treatment-systems\/when-to-schedule-water-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Schedule Water Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently wrote about the <a href=\"\/blog\/water-treatment-systems\/getting-rid-of-lead-in-your-drinking-water\/\">issue of lead in drinking water and what you can do about it<\/a>. The first step is arranging for professionals\u2014like ours\u2014to <a href=\"\/water-treatment\/water-testing\">test your water<\/a>. This provides you with the vital information necessary to start improving the water with treatment systems, such as water softeners and reverse osmosis filters.<\/p>\n<p>However, you may not know if your home needs this important testing. When should you have it scheduled? We have advice below:<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>If you\u2019ve never had it done before<\/h3>\n<p>No home is immune from the possibility of contamination in its water supply. There are many ways for contaminants to seep into the water on its way to a residential plumbing system. Since some pollutants do not leave obvious signs, water testing is a smart choice for any house that hasn\u2019t had it done yet.<\/p>\n<h3>If you use a well for fresh water<\/h3>\n<p>A home that draws its water from a well rather than a municipal system \u00ad<em>must\u00ad<\/em> have routine testing. Because this water doesn\u2019t go through a treatment plant, it\u2019s vital to know what impurities are in it and how best to remove them.<\/p>\n<h3>If there is a noticeable change in your home\u2019s water<\/h3>\n<p>What counts as a noticeable change? There are a number of things to watch for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The water has taken on a different taste, such as a metallic one.<\/li>\n<li>There is an odor from the water. A common odor is a \u201crotten egg\u201d smell, which indicates sulfur.<\/li>\n<li>The water appears cloudy.<\/li>\n<li>There are signs of deposits on fixtures and water-using appliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>If you have infants or elderly people in your home<\/h3>\n<p>Babies and infirm older people are more susceptible to impurities in the water. Lead is especially harmful for the development of young children.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us today to <a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service\">schedule quality water testing services<\/a> for your house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ken Neyer Plumbing, Inc. is the professional plumbing contractor to call in <\/em><em>Cleves, OH and throughout the Greater Cincinnati Area. We have 24-hour service available.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No home is immune from the possibility of contamination in its water supply. There are many ways for contaminants to seep into the water on its way to a residential plumbing system. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[110],"tags":[111,91],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627"}],"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=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}