+21 Adherence To At-Home Water Deprivation Tests 2022. The water deprivation test involves not drinking anything and having your urine measured every hour, being weighed and some blood taken through the cannula every two hours. Water deprivation is the standard physiological test of vasopressin secretion.

A water deprivation test was employed to test the release of arginine vasotocin and the response of the kidneys to this neurohypophyseal hormone. Water deprivation should normally cause increased secretion. Epa home water testing facts (pdf) (567.88 kb) epa.