Water Quality/Chemistry Report Thread

[hoppymonkey]

acworth, GA
5/10

pH: 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est: 70
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm: 0.12
Cations/Anions, me/L: 1.0/1.0

The following in ppm:
Sodium, Na: 5
Potassium, K: 2
Calcium, Ca: 12
Magnesium, Mg: 2
Total Hardness, CaCO3: 38
Nitrate, NO3-N: 0.2(SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S: 4
Chloride, Cl: 6
Carbonate, CO3: <1 (below detection limit)
Bicarbonate, HCO3: 34
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3: 28

[Reno_eNVy]

Location: Reno, NV
Golden Valley area
Secondary standards provided by: Truckee Meadows Water Authority biochemist.
Data Collected: 2/12/11

(in ppm or mg/L)
Chloride -- 11.0
Magnesium -- 3.41
Sulfate -- 4.1
Calcium -- 11.2
Potassium -- 1.4
Sodium -- 14.0
Total Alkalinity -- 52.0
Hardness -- 42.0
pH -- 7.44



Overall I'm very happy with my tap water for brewing. It makes calculating salt additions for almost any style very easy.

To the handful of Reno/Sparks brewers here I'm probably going to call TMWA again in a couple months to get new secondary standards. However, these numbers haven't changed much at ALL since 2009.

[BrewerDon]

Just found this old thread. Great idea. My beer got a lot better after I got this data. My numbers are from Ward labs. Report was from 5/13/2011.

Dallas, TX

pH 7.4

(ppm)

Na 30
K 5
Ca 25
Mg 5
Total hardness CaCO3 83
NO3-N 1.6
SO4-S 22
Cl 34
CO3 <1
HCO3 34
Total alkalinity CaCO3 28