Standard VA FHA Drinking Water Test Parameters
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This article explains the general classes of water contaminants covered in a Standard VA FHA, Pesticides drinking water test.
This article series describes the types of water testing available, outlines common water test fees, describes the details of what parameters are included in various water test options, and gives advice to assist you in deciding what tests to order.
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Standard VA FHA- water test parameters - how to check for pesticide contaminants in drinking water
This article lists a set of standard water test parameters for property buyers or owners who want to be more thorough than performing only a simple "coliform" or "bacteria" test (all that most banks require) but who do not have reason to test for more specific water contaminants.
One might take this approach after obtaining knowledge of property history, site inspection, conversation with neighbors, or check with a local health department.
The parameters selected in this test group will meet all VA (Veterans Administration) or FHA (Federal Housing Administration) requirements for water potability. Be sure to review actual parameters with your home inspector or laboratory: parameters and costs vary.
The parameters selected in this standard water test group will meet all VA (Veterans Administration) or FHA (Federal Housing Administration) requirements for water potability. Be sure to review actual parameters with your home inspector or laboratory: parameters and costs vary.
Standard VA or FHA Water Test Parameter List |
| Water Analysis |
| Meets all FHA & VA Requirements |
| Total Coliform |
| Fecal/E. Coli |
| Calcium |
| Copper |
| Iron |
| Magnesium |
| Manganese |
| Potassium |
| Sodium |
| Alkalinity |
| Chloride |
| Chlorine |
| Color |
| Conductivity |
| Hardness |
| Nitrate |
| Odor |
| pH |
| Sediment |
| Total Dissolved Solids |
| Sulfate |
| Turbidity |
| Lead |
| Arsenic |
| Ammonia |
| Nitrite |
...
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- [1] Drinking Water from Household Wells - PDF, U.S. EPA, Original source last retrieved 2/13/2013, original source: http://www.epa.gov/privatewells/pdfs/household_wells.pdf
- WATER PUMP REPAIR GUIDE an specific case offers an example of diagnosis of loss of water pressure, loss of water, and analyzes the actual repair cost
- Water pressure tank failures & water pump short cycling diagnosis and repair
- CHLORINE IN DRINKING WATER - Does Chlorine in Drinking Water Harm the Septic Tank? - Septic Tank Cleaning Advice
- Cheating on water tests: Testing Water for Real Estate Transactions - make sure your water test is valid
- Chlorinate or Shock a Well, When, How-to - Procedure for Shocking a Well to (temporarily or maybe longer) "Correct" Bacterial Contamination
- Choices of Water Tests & Fees: A Summary of Types of Water Tests, Degrees of Comprehensive Water Testing, Details of Water Test Parameters
- Correcting Unsatisfactory Water what to do, when to do it, treatment alternatives, equipment, filters, etc.
- Disinfectants in water: www.epa.gov/ogwdw/mdbp/pdf/alter/chapt_2.pdf provides an article on use of disinfectants for water treatment
- "Drinking Water Safety in Emergencies", University of Minnesota extension, extension.umn.edu/info-u/nutrition/BJ646.html
- Drinking Water testing, contamination, correction - all topics
- Drinking Water Testing Advice for home buyers home owners home inspectors
- Endocrine Disruptor Exchange, Dr. theo Colborn (also see Our Stolen Future). From that website: The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Inc. is the only organization that focuses primarily on the human health and environmental problems caused by low-dose and/or ambient exposure to chemicals that interfere with development and function, called endocrine disruptors. ... TEDX's work focuses on the endocrine system, which is the exquisitely balanced system of glands and hormones that regulates such vital functions as body growth, response to stress, sexual development and behavior, production and utilization of insulin, rate of metabolism, intelligence and behavior. Hormones are chemicals such as insulin, thyroxin, estrogen, and testosterone that interact with specific target cells. The interactions occur through a number of mechanisms, the easiest of which to conceptualize is through a lock and key arrangement.
- Giardia exposure limits for drinking water: see www.mass.gov/dep/water/drinking/standards/giardia.htm is the current regulatory exposure limit (your minimum target for sterilization)
- Health Effects of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water, US Environmental Protection Agency,
- Hydrogen peroxide: Wikipedia on history of use of hydrogen peroxide: Information on Hydrogen peroxide as a sterilant is in Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_(microbiology) HO2 has been used for a long time, including by vaporization for sterilizing freeze dryers.
- Hydrogen Peroxide warning: US FDA Warning about drinking hydrogen peroxide: www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hydrogen-peroxide.htm This article cites a 2003 entry in Journal of Food and Science on using Hy.Perox to sterilize vegetables, referring to E.coli - NOT to Giardia.
- Iodine: "Do Iodine Water Purification Tablets Provide an Effective Barrier against Cryptosporidium parvum?", Starke, Jeffrey A., Bowman, Dwight D., Labare, Michael, Fogarty, Elizabeth A., and others, Military Medicine, 25 October 2001 [possibly a later version of this article appeared in 2005 -DF] http://www.amsus.org/military medicine/milmed.htm
- National Primary Drinking Water Regulations - The complete regulations regarding these contaminants available from the Code of Federal Regulations Website -(United States)
- Ohio State University article on the concentration of chlorine necessary to act as an effective disinfectant, and the effects of the water's pH and temperature: See http://ohioline.osu.edu/b795/b795_7.html for details.
- Shock or Chlorinate a Well, When, How-to - Procedure for Shocking a Well to (temporarily or maybe longer) "Correct" Bacterial Contamination
- US EPA: list of drinking water contaminants: see http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html
- UV light: This patent application for UV light sterilization www.patentstorm.us/patents/6565803.html Lists good references on water purification for Giardia et als
- Water Requirements, Home & Outdoor Living - how much water do people use, how much water do people need?
- Water Tests & Fees example water test fee schedule
- CONTAMINANT CLASSES, in WATER & links to home buyer advice about water testing, drinking
- Water Treatment for Contamination, Hardness, Odors, Sediment, Etc: choices of systems, recommendations
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- Crystal Clear Supply provides portable ceramic water filter purifiers and portable reverse osmosis water treatment equipment - see http://www.crystalclearsupply.com/category_s/7.htm
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