Wellstead is in preview — not accepting orders.
Most of us turn on the tap and don’t think twice. Some people notice spots, stains, a smell, or a leak; others are simply curious. Start by learning what may be worth knowing about your home’s water—without a sales pitch.
Water quality, hardness, and leaks often get lumped together. They’re separate questions, and each one starts in a different place.
What’s in your drinking water. A utility report describes the water system as a whole. A targeted tap test can add information about one particular sample from your home.
Calcium and magnesium can contribute to scale, spots, and needing more soap. Hardness is generally a comfort and plumbing issue, not a health concern on its own.
Water where it shouldn’t be is a plumbing and property issue. A lab test can’t repair it, so the next step is a shutoff valve or a plumber.
Answer a couple of quick questions to see educational next steps for your situation.
Prefer to read? Go straight to the water quality, hardness, or leak guide.
This isn’t a form. Your answers stay on this page while you use it. Nothing is saved, and no details are collected.
Most drinking-water questions start in one of three places: city water, a specific chemical you’ve heard about, or a private well.
A result describes only the sample that was tested: that tap, that moment, and the analytes on the lab’s list. It can’t establish that water is safe at all times, and it says nothing about things that weren’t tested.
One state’s example. Your local guidance may differ.
Hardness is the amount of dissolved calcium and magnesium in your water.
Softeners can help with scale and soap use, and they add sodium to the water. If you’re limiting sodium, ask about a bypass for the kitchen tap.
A simple hardness measurement may be enough to decide whether a softener is worth a closer look. If it is, weigh:
Water where it shouldn’t be needs a fix, not a test result.
If water is where it shouldn’t be, or your water bill suddenly spikes, shut off the main water valve if it’s safe to do so and contact a licensed plumber promptly. This is a repair issue, and a lab test won’t fix it.
Note your water meter reading, then use no water for two hours. If the reading changes at all, you probably have a leak.
Add a few drops of food coloring to the toilet tank. If color shows up in the bowl after 10 minutes without flushing, the toilet is leaking. Flush afterward so the tank doesn’t stain.
This is how the service is planned to work once it launches.
Wellstead is in preview and isn’t taking orders. None of these steps are available yet.
Start with plain-English guides like the ones on this page.
Answer a few questions to pin down what you’re actually wondering about.
See what each option can and can’t answer before choosing anything.
Receive a written recommendation and an itemized quote for a suitable starting point. Sometimes that’s no test at all.
If you choose it and it’s offered later, Wellstead would coordinate ordering a lab kit to your home.
Wellstead would explain the results and suggest a supported equipment category, or a model only when the evidence fits. Sometimes the answer is no purchase.
Wellstead could help coordinate an installer. You would contract with and pay the installer directly.
A set period for follow-up questions, with a clear end.
Lab panels differ a lot in what they cover. These four retail examples from one test vendor, Tap Score, were listed on November 8, 2026. They aren’t Wellstead prices or offers, and the vendor’s prices and panels may change.
If and when Wellstead offers its service, each part would appear as its own line item in a written quote, before you commit to anything.
Equipment and installation would be billed by the installer you choose, not by Wellstead.
Wellstead isn’t taking orders or payments today.
Written quote
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Lab kit
Only if a test is the right starting point
Wellstead coordination and recommendation fee
Listed on its own line
Installer coordination
Optional
Equipment and installation: billed directly by your chosen installer
Not always. A hardness question, a leak, or your utility’s report may answer what you’re wondering without a lab test.
No. A result is limited to its sample, the time it was taken, and the analytes the lab listed.
No. Area or utility data can help shape your question, but it doesn’t measure your home’s tap.
Compare each listed result and its limit with relevant health guidance. Then talk with the lab, your utility, your local health department, or a clinician, whichever fits. Wellstead doesn’t diagnose health conditions.
Start with the question you actually have.
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