Water Sample

[Suffolk Reefer]

I have just rec'd from my local water company Essex and Suffolk Water a detailed sample. The only problem is I do not understand it. Could anyone assist me with the terminology, etc.

The document is attached :blink:

Thanks in advance for your help.

Kind regards
Paul

Edit: typo

[Will]

NITRATE up to 24.000 ppm

COPPER up to 0.180

not to bad as an average over the whole country :thumbsup:

[Suffolk Reefer]

Thanks for that, I appreciate your input, can I assume that mean is the average reading, of all samples....? Or am I only needing to take into account the Max figure..!!

Cheers

[fire999]

Originally posted by Suffolk Reefer@Dec 6 2005, 23:23
Thanks for that, I appreciate your input, can I assume that mean is the average reading, of all samples....? Or am I only needing to take into account the Max figure..!!

Cheers
Just use an RO unit and it really does not matter......

But now you have got one ..... I want a reading too.. :D Just for the hell of it

[Suffolk Reefer]

I do have an RO unit, and use it... but I was very curious to find out exactlly how good/bad my water quality was/is. I know, very sad :blink:

[kim]

Good thing you have an RO ! Nasty water ! :lol:

It doesn't itemise too many of the salts (it has lots of organics on there) but no listing for (eg) calcium, magnesium, carbonate, phosphate, silicate......

So for an overall picture, look at the conductivity - around 900 microS/cm. That is very high ! Probably about 650 ppm TDS.

So though they are not listed, the concentration of salts is very high. Probably lots of calcium, magnesium and carbonate (they usually swim together) - which might seem good but would cause a major imbalance once you mix salt. It's quite possible that your alkalinity is already a major fraction of NSW levels !

If you are truly nerdish, you might test your tapwwater for these using a test kit. But stay with the RO.

:)

kim

[Suffolk Reefer]

Explained in simple terms, or easier enough for me to understand anyways :wacko:

Thanks for your input, Kim, very much appreciated.

Regards
Paul