World Water Monitoring Day
Grab a testing kit from your local hardware store, and make sure your water is safe. Check any pools for chemical levels, and check your drinking water.
Drive September sales of water testing kits, filters, and home water safety products by positioning them as essential tools for informed households during World Water Monitoring Day.
- DIY water quality testing: Is your tap water really safe?
- September water safety checklist for pools and drinking water
- Local water quality stories: What your community's water test revealed
- Water filter & testing kit buying guide for concerned homeowners
World Water Monitoring Day was created by America’s Clean Water Foundation in 2003 with the intent of being a program that reached out to people all over the globe to raise awareness of water pollution issues and get people to test their local bodies of water. This information is then intended to be shared through various resources, including the World Water Monitoring Challenge Website (www.monitorwater.org).
Take a look at the water coming out of your tap, for most of us this means we’re seeing water from a municipal water source that is monitored and treated against pollution and disease by government authorities. But how clean and safe is it really? While most of us believe our tap water to be safe, there are occurrences like those in Flint, Michigan that reveal that we can’t always trust even our city water to be completely safe for us to drink.
If you have a well, then you’re in a situation that’s both better and worse. Wells are especially subject to the changes in the environment and the things that get into our soil and groundwater. While they often draw from a much smaller reservoir and thus aren’t as easily effected by issues that may affect an entire community, they should be monitored more frequently just to be sure your water is clean and safe.