Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for Pigs. Bacterial Analysis of Water contact your local Health Unit . The Health Unit will provide you with water sample bottles and analysis forms. Submit the samples and completed forms within 24 hours of sample collection. Materials such as salt can be consumed at high levels if the pigs are accustomed to such materials.
Problems often occur when sources of water are suddenly switched.
Guidelines for livestock drinking water are shown in Table 1 . For a more complete list of mineral, heavy metal and chemical contaminants, contact your local MOE office. Conductivity is a measure of a water's ability to carry an electrical current. Many inorganic acids, bases, and salts are good conductors while organic compounds such as glucose are poor conductors. Many laboratories include conductivity in their water test packages instead of TDS because conductivity is a simpler, more accurate test.