The current practice for testing water is to test for pH and alkalinity and ship preserved and unpreserved samples to a laboratory. By the time the sample arrives at the laboratory, it is too late. Additionally, most companies are paying for two tests; one in the field, one in the lab.

When the pressure and temperature change after taking a sample, many critical parameters change rapidly.

- Cations and anions start forming insoluble scales ("crashing out")

Dissolved gases (such as CO2 and H2S) start off-gassing

- Undissolved gases from the air are absorbed by the sample

- All of these are factors cause pH to fluctuate unpredictably

- Acid preserving the sample is often not enough

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