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Table of Water Test Parameters: Comprehensive adding Pesticide Contaminants

Readers should note that there are two broad groups of pesticide (such as DDT) tests that may be ordered from most labs. The choice of pesticide test group depends on the history of the property and whether or not an older or more recent collection of pesticides are suspected of having been employed.

Be sure to review actual parameters with your home inspector or laboratory: parameters and costs vary.

Water Test Parameters: Comprehensive Plus Pesticides
Water Analysis
Total Coliform	Organics
Fecal/E. Coli	Benzene
Calcium	Bromobenzene
Copper	Bromochloromethane
Iron	Bromodichloromethane
Magnesium	Bromoform
Manganese	Bromomethane
Potassium	n-Butylbenzene
Sodium	sec-Butylbenzene
Alkalinity	tert-Butylbenzene
Chloride	Carbon-Tetrachloride
Chlorine	Chlorodibromomethane
Color	Chloroethane
Conductivity	Chloroform
Hardness	Chloromethane
Nitrate	o-Chlorotoluene
Odor	p-Chlorotoluene
pH	1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
Sediment	Dibromomethane
Total Dissolved Solids	1,2-Dibromoethane
Sulfate	m-Dichlorobenzene
Turbidity	o-Dichlorobenzene
Lead	para-Dichlorobenzene
Arsenic	Dichloromethane
Ammonia	Dichlorodifluoromethane
Nitrite	1,1-Dichloroethane
Radon	1,2-Dichloroethane
	1,1-Dichloroethylene
	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
	1,2-Dichloropropane
	1,3-Dichloropropane
Pesticides	2,2-Dichloropropane
Aldrin	1,1-Dichloropropene
a-BHC	1,3-Dichloropropene
b-BHC	trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
d-BHC	Ethylbenzene
g-BHC	Fluorotrichloromethane
Chlordane	Hexachlorobutadiene
4,4'-DDD	Isopropylbenzene
4,4'-DDE	p-Isopropyltoluene
4,4'-DDT	Monochlorobenzene
Dieldrin	Napthalene
Endosulfan I	n-Propylbenzene
Endosulfan II	Styrene
Endosulfan Sulfate	1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
Endrin	1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Endrin Aldehyde	Tetrachloroethylene
Heptachlor Epoxide	Toluene
Methoxychlor	1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene
Toxaphene	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
	1,1,1-Trichloroethane
	1,1,2-Trichloroethane
	Trichloroethylene
	1,2,3-Trichloropropane
	1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
	1,2,5-Trimethylbenzene
	Vinyl Chloride
	o-Xylene
	m-Xylene
	p-Xylene

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