Water Report (Gun Lake/West Michigan)

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Siberian

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I have some reading to do I'm sure to understand this fully, but I thought I'd throw it out here for comments and in case anyone in my area who hasn't tested might want a general idea of what the well water out here looks like, at least from my ~50 ft deep well right off the shore of the lake.

pH 7.4
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 311
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.52
Cations / Anions, me/L 5.3 / 5.7

ppm
Sodium, Na 11
Potassium, K < 1
Calcium, Ca 63
Magnesium, Mg 19
Total Hardness, CaCO3 237
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 10
Chloride, Cl 20
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 274
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 225
Total Phosphorus, P < 0.01
Total Iron, Fe 0.31
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

Guess it's time to go buy and read a water book...
 
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