Testing Options & Fees

Our laboratory tests water quality to protect your health and the health of our environment.


We offer many testing options. Please call 608-243-0357 for a consultation or to learn more about our testing process

Water test kits must be ordered in advance by calling 608-243-0357 or emailing lab@publichealthmdc.com! You can pick them up at our office, or we can mail them to you for a $5 fee.

  • You can pick up a test kit from 8:00am – 4:15pm Monday through Friday if you have ordered it in advance.
  • Hours vary around the holidays. Check to make sure we are open before sampling.
  • Location: The Atrium, 2300 S. Park St., Suite 2010, Madison, WI 53713

Water Testing Packages

Homeowners Package
$300
Metals package, Coliform/E. coli, Plate Count, Atrazine, and Non-Metals: Fluoride, Chloride, Nitrate + Nitrite, Sulfate
Annual Private Well Water Package
$75
Nitrate+Nitrite, Coliform/E. Coli, Plate Count
Annual Private Well Package + Lead
$100
Nitrate + Nitrite, Coliform/E. Coli, Plate Count & Lead
VA Loan Package
$110
Coliform/E. coli, Lead, Nitrate, Nitrate+Nitrite, Nitrite
Bacteria Package
$55
Coliform/E. Coli, Plate Count
Metals Package
$100
Aluminum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Nickel, Strontium, Vanadium, Zinc, and Hardness 
Hardness Package
$40
Calcium, Magnesium, Hardness Calculation

All Water Testing Options

Bacteria
$30 each, $55 both
  • Coliform/E. Coli
  • Plate Count (HPC)
Biofilm Forming
$40 each
  • Pseudomonas
  • Slime Forming Bacteria
  • Iron Bacteria
  • Sulfur Bacteria
Non-Metals
First test, price as noted
$15 for each additional test from the same sample bottle
(If testing for both Nitrate and Nitrite, no additional cost for Nitrate + Nitrite)
  • Chloride ($25)
  • Fluoride ($25)
  • Sulfate ($30)
  • Conductivity ($10)
  • Alkalinity (includes pH and Conductivity, $25)
  • Nitrate ($30)
  • Nitrite ($30)
  • Nitrate + Nitrite ($30)
  • pH ($10)
  • Total Dissolved Solids ($25)
Metals
First test $30
$20 for each additional test from the same sample bottle
  • Aluminum
  • Antimony
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Beryllium
  • Cadmium
  • Calcium
  • Chromium-Total
  • Cobalt
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Magnesium
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Molybdenum
  • Nickel
  • Potassium
  • Selenium
  • Silver
  • Sodium
  • Strontium
  • Thallium
  • Zinc
Herbicide
$35 each
  • Atrazine
 
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