[WalkAbout]

Can anyone suggest a laboratory that can test home tap water ?

What kind of water filters are people using for HK tap water ?

[discobay]

I'm using a Brita jug filter.

[jayinhongkong]

I know it's expensive, but everyone in my family has been drinking bottled water for the last twenty years. Britas are good for HK water. The water's clean here, but there is a problem with dissolved rust from the pipes along the way. The EC of local water is pretty low since it's soft, so dissolved solids aside from rust (and sometimes lead used in joining pipes together) are your only real worries.

[cerberus]

agree with Jay, water anywhere is only considered clean and safe at the treatment facility. what happens to it by the time its out your tap is anyone's guess.

just for peace of mind i've also been drinking bottled water recently. that industry must be putting something in their product to keep us paranoid, though.

HKUST should have testing labs that won't be as expensive as private institutions. why not contact them?

[fly]

If you want to do it cheaply, just call any of the water filter suppliers and check if they will come to your home to do a TDS test for you. You will have to pay the price of listening through their hard sell, though.

[WalkAbout]

Thanks all for the suggestions and first-hand experience.

Came across a home test kit by Watersafe named "The All in One". I could not locate a home test kit in HK. Having a friend mail the kit over to HK.

https://commerce66.datapipe.com/wate...kits/index.asp

In the meantime I will check out HKUST.

[Expatriate]

laboratory:

HKPC (Hong Kong Productivity Council)
72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong (besides Festival Walk)

[WalkAbout]

Thank you Expat. Coincidently my girlfriend & her family live on Tat Chee near festival. Carrying water sample on my next visit.

[JAherbert]

To answer the question, yes there are a few qualified labs in Hong Kong that conduct water quality testing. The question is what constituent do you want to test? PH, TDS, turbidity, permanent or temporary hardness, total plate count, e-coli, residual chlorine, free chlorine, fluorine, sulphides, copper, iron, zinc, etc, etc. etc.

There is no "single" test that indicates water quality. Only a full assay would provide a useful read on the water quality and that my friend would be very expensive. Incidentally, each lab uses/has different testing standards, so you need to know what standard, what it means and its limitations.

The outcome, the lab report, does not actually provide very much information, they provide a report with list of constituent and numbers, without someone to interpret those figures it is just a list of numbers.

Sampling - requires a sterilised container with a small quantity of a special solution which neutralises the chlorine otherwise the chlorine continues to work, and the results are meaningless.

[Vrindavan]

juice4fun

your suggestion is interesting

are you the seller as well ?