Anyone tell me what I need to look at here?

[wimpy]

Not sure what's important to me here. I know my water's good., but would like to know more about it. In short bus terms would be great. Thanks much for any help

Detroit city water 2016

PARAMETER UNITS MAX. MIN. AVG.
Total Solids ppm 173 104 146
Total Dissolved Solids ppm 170 0 116
Aluminum ppm 0.247 0.053 0.044
Iron ppm 0.212 0.080 0.009
Copper ppm 0.062 0.005 0.003
Magnesium ppm 12.56 7.71 9.52
Calcium ppm 98.5 2.1 29.5
Sodium ppm 7.23 3.56 5.17
Potassium ppm 1.17 0.79 0.94
Manganese ppm 0.006 0.002 0.000
Lead ppm 0.000 0.000 0.000
Zinc ppm 0.09 0.01 0.01
Silica ppm 1.8 0.6 1.0
Sulfate ppm 33.4 17.5 23.8


Phosphorus ppm 0.80 0.11 .36
Free Carbon Dioxide ppm 10.5 1.2 5.1
Total Hardness ppm 126 98 104
Total Alkalinity ppm 86 66 76
Carbonate Alkalinity ppm 0 0
Bi-Carbonate Alkalinity ppm 66 76
Non-Carbonate Hardness ppm 46 18 29
Chemical Oxygen Demand ppm 7.2 2.0 3.0
Dissolved Oxygen ppm .4 8.3 11.4
Chloride ppm 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nitrate Nitrogen ppm 0.80 0.21 0.32
Fluoride ppm 0.88 0.06 0.55
pH 8.14 7.16 7.53
Specic Conductance @ 25 °C μohms 321 183 234
Temperature °C 26.1 3.0 14.2

 

[applescrap]

Sure, Detroit
srsly dont know sorry, but I did hear a hb podcast where the person was saying the pipes in detroit were so old and calcified that lead was virtually a non issue.

 

[wimpy]

Bump

 

[day_trippr]

Click your heels together and repeat "@ajdelange" three times...

Cheers!

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

With some added calcium chloride your 'on average' water would be great for making stouts. Your alkalinity level is perfect for stouts. Are you sure your water has zero chloride ions, or was that intended to be chlorine?

I'm shocked that the min and max values are so widely separated though. They seem to be all over the board for some of the values, making it hard to predict which water you will have on any given day.