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Originally posted by M Spinhirne:
I am also a neophyte to this web page and to pond management, but your question is one of the few I feel qualified to weigh in on, since I have over 25 years of experience in water chemistry and environmental engineering.
A company by the name of HACH sells all type of water testing equipment including complete kits designed for lake chemistry and / or environmental monitoring. Go to their web site for a catalog. The main parameters of pH, alkalinity, and hardness can be measured with a low cost pH meter and a small titration kit. If you want to get sofisticated you can even get a DO meter, PO4, and NO2 / NO3 photometer.
Another source for less expensive but less accurate testing is through a pool supply company where you can get pH strips and drop testers for alkalinity. This option is all you will likely need.
Geez, MSpin, we need someone just like you for stuff like this. Hope you hang around for awhile!

Bruce

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