Water Reports (ATL) - Where to find them?

acr4 said:

Where can I find a detailed water report for the Atlanta area? I know I shouldn't drink the water, but I'd like to know what I'm working with (or dieing from).

I've found a few online, but they are out-dated (2002, 2006) and don't include most of the beer-related impurities, such as calcium, bicarbonate, magnesium, sodium, chloride, sulfate, and alkalinity. (I pulled that list from Beer Alchemy btw.)

Also, a reverse-osmosis system will give me pure water right? 7.0 pH, deionized, 100% pure water..? If that's the case, it seems like getting an RO system will pay for itself pretty quickly when compared to dropping ~$10 per brew on bottled water.

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pldoolittle said:

For dekalb Co 2006.

http://www.dekalbwatershed.com/Documents/CCR2007English.pdf

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acr4 said:

Thanks Beerrific! I'm in North Fulton, so I get the wonderful Atlanta city water. I really think spending $200 on an under-sink RO system and a few bags of salts is the way to go. While I would like to know what's in the water here, it's probably not going to be easy to get the information. I imagine a water report will set me back $100 just to find out my water isn't ideal for brewing the styles I want to brew. Between beer, drinking water, and cooking water, I'd get my money's worth from an RO system. Since I brew away from home, I'll just fill my 10-gal Gott mash/sparge tun from the tap and take it with me.

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