Testing well water

[ChuckD]

I don't intend to actually fill the pool, I know from experience it'll drain the well in about 25 minutes. But I do experience a lot of evaporation (south-facing hillside site, lot's of sun and wind) and inevitably have to add a couple inches per month. For those times I've found I can leave the hose sprayer half-open over night and it usually tops it off safely.

Also, I realize I can take a sample places for a test, but the point of my post was to find out what it is I should be aware of, and how to test for it myself.

Thanks.

C.

(Edit: Also to add, we just got this place last year in March and a water test was done, but it was drawn after the filter and softener. Had I been more experienced at such things I'd have had it done on the raw groundwater).