Information about common concerns are listed below if you are unsure what you may want tested
| CONCERN | RECOMMENDED TESTING |
| Water Smells or tastes bad or odd | • Total Coliform |
| Tastes Metallic | • Metals |
| Tastes Salty | • Chlorides • Total Dissolved Solids |
| Discolored or Sediment | |
| • Rusty | • Iron |
| • Green or Blue staining | • Copper • Corrosivity Package |
| • White or Brown Sediment | • Hardness • Metals |
| Near a Highway | • Chlorides |
| Lakes or Ponds for Swimming | • Fecal Coliform |
| For Bank or Health Dept. | Possibly need: FHA Package *Check with who is requiring you to get the testing. Your situation is unique to you!* |
| Near Gas Station or underground Oil Tank | • VOC |
| Near Farmland | • Nitrates |
| Near an Apple Orchard | • Nitrates • Arsenic • Pesticides |
| Near Dump, Junkyard, Landfill, or Factory | • VOC • Total Dissolved Solids • pH • Chloride • Heavy Metals |
| Fish Ponds | • Fecal Coliform • Dissolved Oxygen • Alkalinity • Total Phosphate • Nitrate • pH |