what to do after a water test?

[glee]

after running water tests, how do you clean vials and syringes? i do a quick rinse in the sink and towel dry.

is it safe to pour the contents in the sink?
should i use ro/di water instead?

 

[A_Lee]

I've always just rinsed the vials after testing in the sink and set them out [without lids/caps] to let them dry -has not been a detriment to any of my testing results so far as I can see. Hope that helps!

 

[slim_jim989]

I just wash them in the sink as well and just let them air dry if you wanted you could dip them in the rodi water.

 

[bee505]

Pour the solution in the sink, rinse them, and toss them in a tub to dry.

 

[yellojello]

Same. Also, prior to use, tubes, pipettes, etc... I rinse with the water to be tested a few times rather than testing a dry tube.

As far as test tubes that come with the kits, I found them too hard to mix and test, and putting the cap on and inverting it few times. Now I use a small plastic cup, sample cup, whatever you call it, and found it much easier to test just swirling, no cap needed, much cleaner.

 

[GreshamH]

I toss each final mix into it's own container and have it disposed off as hazardous waste along with all our other lab waste. I don't drop it into our water system

 

[seminolecpa]

I feed them to the neighbors cat..... is that a bad thing?

 

[GreshamH]

I dunno but....

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is about the best sig I have seen yet :lol:

 

[xcaret]

I feed them to the neighbors cat..... is that a bad thing?

Guess not if the cat keeps going back

 

[nudibranch]

I feed them to the neighbors cat..... is that a bad thing?

Guess not if the cat keeps going back

Or if it has not mutated yet. Look what happened to my neighbors cat after it got into my water testing kit.

 

[nudibranch]

I better sleep with one eye open.