I got a ward labs report for my water but frankly I don't know, nor can I seem to find, what a good baseline is for a water profile when it comes the the minerals. So I have 2 questions.
Question 1 - Should I even care what good baseline numbers are since I would have to add water adjustments (salts/minerals) to achieve a certain water profile anyway?
Question 2 - if the answer to #1 is yes, then are there any published baseline water profile numbers anywhere? I did some searches in this forum and the web and can't seem to find any.
Test Results below.....
pH 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 314
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.52
Cations / Anions, me/L 4.7 / 4.7
ppm
Sodium, Na 40
Potassium, K 4
Calcium, Ca 38
Magnesium, Mg 11
Total Hardness, CaCO3 141
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.7 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 16
Chloride, Cl 75
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 88
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 72
Total Phosphorus, P 0.30
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
Question 1 - Should I even care what good baseline numbers are since I would have to add water adjustments (salts/minerals) to achieve a certain water profile anyway?
Question 2 - if the answer to #1 is yes, then are there any published baseline water profile numbers anywhere? I did some searches in this forum and the web and can't seem to find any.
Test Results below.....
pH 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 314
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.52
Cations / Anions, me/L 4.7 / 4.7
ppm
Sodium, Na 40
Potassium, K 4
Calcium, Ca 38
Magnesium, Mg 11
Total Hardness, CaCO3 141
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.7 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 16
Chloride, Cl 75
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 88
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 72
Total Phosphorus, P 0.30
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01