After servicing a water purifier, confirming that output water quality meets expected standards is as important as confirming that water flows at all, since a unit can produce water at a normal rate while still under-purifying if a component was not correctly reassembled or a filter stage was skipped. Total dissolved solids testing, using a simple handheld meter, provides a quick numeric comparison between input and output water, with a properly functioning reverse osmosis system typically reducing dissolved solids substantially, though the exact expected reduction percentage varies by source water composition and system specification.