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Quick question, probably been asked a million times, but is a city water report going to be a good start for looking at my water overall, or do I need to get a detailed report based on what actually comes out of my tap?
This is what I found online, recently updated:
Source 100% well water
pH (SU) 8.51
Turbidity (ntu) 0.06
Chloramines (mg/L) 2.49
Total Chlorine (mg/L) 2.7
Total Hardness (mg/L) 224
Calcium Hardness (mg/L) 112
Manganese (mg/L) 0
Iron (mg/L) 0
Total Alkalinity (mg/L) 42
Total Organic Carbon (mg/L) 2.86
Chloride (mg/L) 27.63
Sulfate (mg/L) 184.48
Nitrate (mg/L) 0.31
Fluoride (mg/L) 1.01
Aluminum (mg/L) 0
Big Sioux River Flow Rate (CFS) 707
Plant Effluent Flow Rate (mgd) 10
Grains of Hardness 13
I mainly brew APAs/IPAs, so would like to get the most out of my water if possible, but don't really feel like spending the money for the testing. The beer I make tastes great to me, but keep wondering if it would improve with some additions.
I currently only use campden to treat for chlorine/chloramines.
TIA for any help with this.
This is what I found online, recently updated:
Source 100% well water
pH (SU) 8.51
Turbidity (ntu) 0.06
Chloramines (mg/L) 2.49
Total Chlorine (mg/L) 2.7
Total Hardness (mg/L) 224
Calcium Hardness (mg/L) 112
Manganese (mg/L) 0
Iron (mg/L) 0
Total Alkalinity (mg/L) 42
Total Organic Carbon (mg/L) 2.86
Chloride (mg/L) 27.63
Sulfate (mg/L) 184.48
Nitrate (mg/L) 0.31
Fluoride (mg/L) 1.01
Aluminum (mg/L) 0
Big Sioux River Flow Rate (CFS) 707
Plant Effluent Flow Rate (mgd) 10
Grains of Hardness 13
I mainly brew APAs/IPAs, so would like to get the most out of my water if possible, but don't really feel like spending the money for the testing. The beer I make tastes great to me, but keep wondering if it would improve with some additions.
I currently only use campden to treat for chlorine/chloramines.
TIA for any help with this.