Help with reading water report

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Boston85

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So i finally went and found my town's water report that is online, but honestly I have no idea what I am looking for here. The main information seems to be on the last 2 pages. Can anyone who knows how to read this help me and let me know if my water is good to brew with? I do AG batches, and the last few have not turned out that great.

http://www.burlington.org/dpw/water/Burlington_Web.pdf
 
Looks like this link is intended for extract brewing, but I bet it can be applied either way. Adding a filter inline with what you have coming out of your tap is probably the easiest way to go. It looks like your water may be a little on the hard side and also the additional chlorine/chloramine could be causing some issues, but those supposedly boil off. So the two choices I see are buying a filter, similar to what you would put in a refrigerator with a water dispenser, or you can buy bottled water to brew with. Good luck :mug:
 
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