Well water test

[Kimera]

Does anyone have experience of having a water test done on well water?

I do believe that the government provides such a test but having difficulty in finding out where. Thanks.

[hkt83100]

Ask a hospital to do the test. At least I was told that Patong hospital does it.

[Damaz6052]

Testing available at Rajabhat Uni in PT, 3,000b is the cost. There's another lab...story in Phuketwan or the like, check Google.

[Peterocket]

Quote from the "personal health sciences center" received on the 17th of this month

http://dmsc2.dmsc.moph.go.th/webroot/phuket/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=27

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Subject: Cost of water analyzes .

ลำดับ รายการตรวจวิเคราะห์ จำนวน ราคา/หน่วย ราคารวม

Water consumption - consumption

1 Microbiological testing

- Coliforms 400 thb

- E. coli 600 thb

- S. aureus 600 thb

- Salmonella spp. 600 thb

2 Chemical Testing

- Total quantity 300 thb

- Hardness 300 thb

- Acidity - alkalinity 200 thb

- Nitrate 500 thb

- Chloride 500 thb

- Steel 700 thb

- Lead 700 thb

- Fluoride 500 thb

3 The English translation 400

4 Fee collection trips. 2,000

Total 8,300

Edited June 24, 2015 by Peterocket

[KarenBravo]

Why would they test for steel? Maybe they mean iron.

[candoman89]

Why do you want your water tested? drinking supply? Irrigation?

Have 30+years of collecting and analyzing water samples. The only analyses worth doing from that list are the microbiological ones. If it comes back uncontaminated try drinking it. Does it taste okay? Is it brownish (possible iron issue). Then the water is fine.

All the rest are totally irrelevant. Some of them don't even make sense (total quantity as a chemical test???).

And 2,000 Baht to collect the sample!!

Edited June 25, 2015 by candoman89

[Peterocket]

Why do you want your water tested? drinking supply? Irrigation?

Have 30+years of collecting and analyzing water samples. The only analyses worth doing from that list are the microbiological ones. If it comes back uncontaminated try drinking it. Does it taste okay? Is it brownish (possible iron issue). Then the water is fine.

All the rest are totally irrelevant. Some of them don't even make sense (total quantity as a chemical test???).

And 2,000 Baht to collect the sample!!

Bear in mind that is a google translation as the original is in Thai and I'm not allowed to post Thai script. (I think)

That was also the small test. The big one includes:

- Hardness

- Steel

- Lead

- Fluoride

- Mercury

- Cadmium

- Chromium

- arsenic

- Selenium

- barium

- Calcium

- Potassium magnetosphere

- Chloride

- manganese

- Nitrate

- Nitrile

- Copper

- Zinc

- sulfate

And the total cost is 14,300 thb

At least you would know you aren't drinking Arsenic

[Kimera]

Why do you want your water tested? drinking supply? Irrigation?

Have 30+years of collecting and analyzing water samples. The only analyses worth doing from that list are the microbiological ones. If it comes back uncontaminated try drinking it. Does it taste okay? Is it brownish (possible iron issue). Then the water is fine.

All the rest are totally irrelevant. Some of them don't even make sense (total quantity as a chemical test???).

And 2,000 Baht to collect the sample!!http://static.thaivisa.com/forum//

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Yes thank you all for the input, the government hospital? HQ in Bang Jo also do a test that's 7000 baht.

The water is for drinking and appears to be clear.

Edited June 25, 2015 by Kimera

[Naam]

The water is for drinking...

in the land of non-working septic systems

[KarenBravo]

Why do you want your water tested? drinking supply? Irrigation?

Have 30+years of collecting and analyzing water samples. The only analyses worth doing from that list are the microbiological ones. If it comes back uncontaminated try drinking it. Does it taste okay? Is it brownish (possible iron issue). Then the water is fine.

All the rest are totally irrelevant. Some of them don't even make sense (total quantity as a chemical test???).

And 2,000 Baht to collect the sample!!

Isn't it important to know you are not ingesting heavy metals?

[candoman89]

Never really found high levels of heavy metals in any underground water supplies except in contaminated industrial areas. You can get high levels of iron and manganese (makes the water taste awful and you wouldn't drink it without treatment but they are not harmful), sulphates (can be hard on your stomach and makes coffee taste like $hit).

The lab that most professionals use is ALS http://www.alsglobal.com/

As I said earlier, mainly test for bacteria but if you want go for the heavy metals and at least it will put your mind at ease.