SimpleLab City Water Test Kits

SimpleLab City Water Test Kits

Core Kits

If you get your drinking water from a utility company, these water test kits are for you. Test for common contaminants that may be caused by your plumbing, local infrastructure or public violations.

Whether you're concerned about aging infrastructure, potential contamination, or simply curious about what's in your water, this kit provides a detailed analysis of key water quality indicators.

Essential City Water Test

Recommended for basic water quality testing in any home, building, or facility served by a water utility. Lab results will include detailed analysis of common water health concerns and in particular, contamination from questionable plumbing and distribution lines.

• Certified lab testing
• Fast turnaround at lab (5 days)
• Expert support

This mail-to-lab kit provides all required materials to properly collect and submit a water sample for certified laboratory testing, including a prepaid shipping label and chain of custody.

This is the right test if you:

• Served by a water utility with known contamination issues.
• Live in a home built before 1986 or an area served by old infrastructure.
• Have young children or other vulnerable individuals in your home.
• Mainly concerned about metals and other inorganics.

Advanced City Water Test

Recommended by The New York Times' Wirecutter as an ideal baseline for water quality testing in any home, building, or facility served by a water utility.

This SimpleLab test package provides all required materials to properly collect and submit a water sample for certified laboratory testing. The results will include detailed analysis of common water health concerns PLUS an advanced analysis of organic chemistry including frequently detected disinfection byproducts from the addition of chlorine and chloramine.

This is the right test if you:

• Served by a water utility with known contamination issues.
• Live in a home built before 1986 or an area served by old infrastructure.
• Have young children or other vulnerable individuals in your home.
• Want to check for chemicals from plastic pipes.
• Concerned about over-chlorination and the resulting chemicals.

Extended City Water Test

Recommended as a comprehensive water quality testing panel for any home, building, or facility served by a water utility.

This SimpleLab test package provides all required materials to properly collect and submit a water sample for certified laboratory testing. The results will include detailed analysis of common water health concerns PLUS specialized testing of advanced and even unregulated contaminants known to impact utility-treated drinking water.

In addition to all Advanced City Water Test chemistry, the Extended City Water Test includes analysis of chlorate, haloacetic acids, and radioactive particles (alpha and beta emissions).

This is the right test if you:

• Served by a water utility with known contamination issues.
• Live in a home built before 1986 or an area served by old infrastructure.
• Have young children or other vulnerable individuals in your home.
• Want to check for chemicals from plastic pipes.
• Concerned about over-chlorination and the resulting chemicals.
• Want to test for an expanded array of compounds related to utility disinfection processes.
• Concerned about radiological contamination.

What’s Inside Your City Water Testing Kit?

• Sampling Instructions - Every test comes with step by step instructions on how to prepare your water source, collect your water sample, and prepare your sample for return shipment to our labs.
• Collection Bottles - Your kit includes all the bottles, tubes or vials necessary to collect your water sample. For most kits, however, there is only one collection bottle needed.
• Sample Information Card - Your kit includes a postcard that asks for a few details about how and where you collected your sample (i.e. kitchen faucet). Just fill it out, drop it in the return box, and we'll do the rest.
• Prepaid Shopping Label - Shipping is always on us. This package includes a prepaid return shipping label to the lab. Just stick the provided label on the outside of the box and drop it in the mail.
• Return Container (If Applicable) - Some of our tests require your water sample to be cold when it reaches our labs. If this applies to your test, the proper refrigeration items will be included.

Example Water Reports

Trusted results in two formats.

• Online Example - The online version of your report allows you to explore every detail of your drinking water within your browser. Note that reports will vary from test to test and that yours may look different than this example.
• PDF Example - If links and URLS aren't your thing, you can download a PDF of your full report to view on your computer or print out at home.