Water Quality/Chemistry Report Thread

[Stoutsmith6]

West Knoxville, TN (Karns) tap. Ward Labs 1/8/14

pH = 8.0
Total Dissolved Solids(ppm) = 186
Electrical Conductivity = 0.31
Cations/Anions = 3.4/3.5

All values in ppm:

Sodium = 11
Potassium = 2
Calcium = 38
Magnesium = 11
Total Hardness (CaCO3) = 141
Nitrate = 0.3
Sulfate = 7
Chloride = 12
Carbonate = 6
Bicarbonate = 149
Total Alkalinity (CaCO3) = 133
Phosphorus = <0.01
Iron = <0.01

 

[zymurgistic]

Location: Dayton, Ohio (within city limits, east side)

in mg/L:

Total Hardness as CaCO3 152
Perm Alkalinity as CaCO3 6.6
Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 86.4
NonCarb Hardness as CaCO3 65.5
Ca Hardness as CaCO3 64.2
Mg Hardness as CaCO3 87.6
Calcium 25.7
Magnesium 21.2
Sulfate 46.1
Chloride 58.8
Sodium 29.6
Potassium 2.8
Total Solids 267.1
pH 8.61

 

[imi05key]

Thanks to giving us very important pdf . It have so may details.

 

[nouseforaname1246]

Reno/Sparks Nevada (tmwa)

Spoke to a tmwa chemist this morning, good guy, very helpful.

Calcium 7.4 ppm
Magnesium 2.7 ppm
Bicarbonate 0 ppm
Sulfate <4 ppm
Sodium 9.5 ppm
Chloride 5.19 ppm
Chlorine 0.65 mg/L
Hardness 91 mg/L
Total alkalinity 0
PH: 7.8-8.05 (avg 7.85)

 

[smAllGrain]

This Thread is awesome!! Come on North East Cedar Rapids Iowa

Found a water report on Brewers Friend but I am not sure how accurate it is

 

[MDExile]

Location: Stewartstown, PA
Utility: Stewartstown Borough Authority
Date: May 2015

Unsoftened tap water as tested by Ward labs.
pH 7.8
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 334
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.56
Cations / Anions, me/L 4.5 / 4.7

ppm
Sodium, Na 52
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 25
Magnesium, Mg 11
Total Hardness, CaCO3 108
Nitrate, NO3-N 4.8 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 7
Chloride, Cl 104
Carbonate, CO3 <1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 57
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 47
Total Phosphorus 0.49
Total Iron, Fe 0.02
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit
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[dexter0380]

Location: South St. Paul, MN 55075
Utility: City of South St. Paul
Water Source: 4 wells ranging from 339 to 500 feet deep, that draw water
from the Jordan, Jordan-St. Lawrence, and Prairie Du Chien-Jordan aquifers
Date: May 14, 2015
Test lab: Ward Laboratories
Water sample: Cold tap-Non softened

pH: 7.6
TDS Est ppm: 443
Electrical Conductivity: 0.72
Cations / Anions, me/L: 7.7 / 8.1

The following are in ppm (Parts per million)
Sodium, Na: 17
Potassium, K: 2
Calcium, Ca: 86
Magnesium, Mg: 32
Total Hardness, CaCO3: 348 (20.3gpg aka very hard water)
Nitrate, NO3-N: 1.4(SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S: 9
Chloride, Cl: 49
Carbonate, CO3: 368
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3: 303
Fluoride, F: 0.90
Iron, Fe: < 0.01

 

[yeastylad]

Portsmouth, NH (data obtained from Public Works water chemist via email June 19th, 2015)

No Magnesium, Potassium, Carbonate or Bicarbonate numbers

Sulfate: 10mg/L
Iron: 0.1mg/L
pH: 7.0-8.0
Calcium: 10-30mg/L
Nitrate: 1.0-4.0mg/L
Chlorine: 0.5-1.5mg/L
Phosphate: 0.5-1.0mg/L
Hardness: 10-30mg/L
Alkalinity: 20-40mg/L
Sodium: 20-30mg/L

 

[ferm.adventures]

Bristol CT water test. Ran water through my 3 filter Watts water filter system that I use for my brewing water. There is another post in this thread for Bristol from March of 2013. reports are similar, but my sample has more minerals.

Sample taken 7/17/2015
Test ran 7/24/2015


pH 7.9
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 100
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.17
Cations / Anions, me/L / 1.6 / 1.3

ppm
Sodium, Na 22
Potassium, K < 1
Calcium, Ca 3
Magnesium, Mg 3
Total Hardness, CaCO3 20
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 1
Chloride, Cl 31
Carbonate, CO3 < 1.0
Bicarbonate, HCO3 40
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 33
Total Phosphorus, P 0.72
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
< - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

[enkamania]

North Seattle tap

pH 7.1
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 55
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.09
Cations / Anions, me/L 0.7 / 0.8

ppm
Sodium, Na 2
Potassium, K 4
Calcium, Ca 9
Magnesium, Mg < 1
Total Hardness, CaCO3 27
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 4
Chloride, Cl 4
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 27
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 22
Total Phosphorus, P 0.55
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

[BrickStorePubTodd]

Do you think this water report is still accurate? Thanks! [email protected]

 

[lmckenny]

I just got this water report for the City of Falls Church in Virginia. PH is 7.8. Any thoughts on the quality? I know they treat with Chloramine which I plan to dissolve with some campden.

Magnesium &#8211; 5.9 mg/L
Sodium &#8211; 23.2 mg/L
Sulfate &#8211; 52.1 mg/L
Chloride &#8211; 39.3 mg/L
Alkalinity, Bicarbonate &#8211; 83 mg/L

 

[Egas1949]

New Fairfield CT

hardness 90 mg/ml
Iron 0.148 ppm
Manganese <0.05 ppm
Sodium 18.2 ppm
Chloride 9.51 ppm
Nitrate 0.71 ppm
Nitrite <0.05 ppm
Sulfate 25.1 ppm
pH 7.3
Chlorine Free Residual <0.1 mg/ml

Any thoughts?

 

[logdrum]

Cleveland, OH post carbon filtering:

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2/14/2014 past tests have been almost identical

 

[bmoritzasu]

This is for the Avondale neighborhood in Jacksonville, FL.

pH = 8.2
TDS = 294

Na = 12 ppm
K = 2 ppm
Ca = 51 ppm
Mg = 23 ppm
Total Hardness (CaCO3) = 223 ppm

Sulfate (SO4-S) = 37 ppm
Cl = 14 ppm
HCO3 = 152 ppm
Total Alkalinity (CaCO3) = 126 ppm

Cheers.

 

[WhoDatDad78]

Holy fecal matter batman, I'm going to need a spreadsheet for my "<monthly water mineral report", so not really helpful. Lol.