Testing enables you to determine whether your water contains the correct balance of chemicals and determine what your pool needs to keep it balanced and healthy. To perform a drop test, simply fill a test cell with sample water, add buffer and indicator reagents, and swirl to mix. The sample will turn red if calcium hardness is present. Next, add the calcium hardness reagent, swirling and counting each drop, until the color changes from red to blue.
Testing the water in swimming pools aids in identifying microbial and potentially hazardous bacterial contamination. Microorganism-contaminated water has been associated with acute gastrointestinal diseases and infections, including gastroenteritis, giardiasis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and hepatitis. Animal waste, sewage, and decaying animal carcasses are just a few of the places where microorganisms might enter a water system.
This test helps in determining the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water, to break down organic material present in a given water sample, at a certain temperature, over a specific time period. It is not a precise quantitative test, although it is widely used as an indication of the organic quality of water.
This test helps in monitoring the increase or decrease of many pathogenic bacteria called coliforms.
The plate count method relies on a bacterium growing into a colony on a nutrient medium so that the colony becomes visible to the naked eye and the number of colonies on a plate can be counted.
This test helps in determining the information about the source of contamination.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium commonly found in spas and purified water systems. If allowed to reach unsafe levels, the presence of Pseudomonas may cause several health problems including skin rashes and other skin infections, ear infection, urinary tract infection, and in rare instances, pneumonia. As spa or purified water system operators, you should be aware of Pseudomonas, and how to control its growth.
This test helps in determining water quality testing. Suspended solids refer to small solid particles which remain in suspension in water, as a colloid or due to the motion of the water.
This test helps in determining oil and grease concentration levels. It is important for offshore oil platforms, refineries, and oil depots. It can also be operated flexibly to address a series of process issues. The most common sites of operation are prior to and after water purification systems, such as primary to tertiary water separators, water feeds, and filtration equipment.
