If you live in Gainesville, VA, and get your water from the city, it may not be something you’ve even considered.  After all, the city is supposed to ensure safe drinking water, right?  So what would be the point of having it tested? Well, there are a couple of different points to consider here.  First, yes.  The city is supposed to provide its residents with safe drinking water.  It has a mandate and a requirement to do that, but you may remember not long ago when a little town called Flint, Michigan made headlines around the country because the city specifically didn’t provide safe drinking water to its residents. Unfortunately, Flint isn’t an isolated case.  Right now, all around the country, the EPA is tracking more than a thousand communities that have water problems even worse than Flint had.  That’s one reason why water testing in Gainesville, VA is important.  Your family’s health has to come first and that’s not something you can leave to chance.  You need to know what’s in the water you’re counting on and you need to know it’s safe. The other major reason for considering having periodic testing done is this:  Although the city is charged with providing you with safe drinking water, their mandate doesn’t say anything about providing you with good quality water and if you’ve lived in different places over the course of your life, you know that water quality is a thing and can vary wildly from one region to another. So, a few questions:

• Does your water taste funny?
• Does it smell bad?
• Is it staining your teeth?
• Does it run red or muddy for the first few seconds when you turn the tap on?
• Does it have a strong aftertaste? Has it ever stained or discolored your clothes when you wash them?
• Do you have red rings in your toilets or red stains in your shower?
• What about a buildup of residue on your shower head?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then you’ve got one or more problems with the aesthetic and quality of your water.  The good news is that all of those things are fixable but before you know what to change, you have to know what’s causing the issue.  At the end of the day, that’s why periodic water testing in Gainesville, VA is important. Generally speaking, we recommend having your water tested every year.  Twelve months is a very long time and a lot can change about the nature and character of your water in that span of months.  Naturally, that’s just a rough guideline.  If you suddenly notice a change in the way your water tastes, it pays to have additional testing done right away to find out what’s causing it and take whatever corrective action may be necessary.  Call us when you need your water tested.  We’ll take care of it for you.