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Water Potability Testing

The Eurofins Food and Water Testing NZ network of laboratories across New Zealand offers analytical testing for all stages of the delivery of potable/drinking water.  This includes sampling and extensive testing suites for councils and manufacturers of bottled water, right down to farm and householder water supplies.

Private Drinking Water Testing 

Our Domestic Water Suite is suitable for homeowners looking to test their drinking water quality. The suite measures a wide range of contaminants including:

  •          E. coli (and Total Coliforms)
  •          Chloride, Sulphate and Nitrate
  •          Arsenic, Boron, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Lead, Sodium, and Zinc
  •          Total Hardness
  •          pH, Conductivity, Turbidity and Alkalinity

Please contact us to enquire about our drinking water testing suites.

Public Water Supply Testing

We work with councils around New Zealand to sample, test and report data into the national Drinking Water Database (DWO). Reporting is automated, ensuring accurate and fast results, and offering the flexibility for clients to report data directly into the DWO from their own premises. We also provide electronic data files for direct download into other client databases.

Water quality must be assessed at source and monitored throughout the source, treatment, reticulation, and distribution systems in order to guarantee its quality and to comply with current and proposed New Zealand legislation.

We analyse source water, treatment plants and reticulated water supplies for a wide range of analytes, including:

  • E. coli
  • Metals
  • Fluoride and other anions
  • Semi-Volatile and Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Pesticide residues
  • Protozoa such as cryptosporidium and giarida
  • Taste and Odour compounds such as geosmin, 2-Methylisoborneol and 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole

Other Potable Water Testing

Testing is also available for:

  •          Bottled water
  •          Farmhouses with bore water sources
  •          Holiday homes using roof water collection
  •          Ice
  •          Mineral Water Used for Bottling
  •          Rural supplies receiving tankered water
  •          Small Community and Individual Drinking Water Supplies
  •          Urban reticulation systems
  •          Water Tankers
  •          Workplaces

For more information on our sampling services and smart data management, please see our Sampling and Customer Services pages.

Contact us today to see how we can help you with your analytical water quality needs, or download our Water Potability brochure for more information.