As some of you may or may not know that I have this enormous filter mounted on my brew stand that I run all my water through. Well I decided to send my water to Ward Labs for testing (both through the filter and plain tap water). Here are the results:
Plain Tap water
pH 7.6
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 197
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.33
Cations / Anions, me/L 3.3 / 3.1
ppm
Sodium, Na 9
Potassium, K 2
Calcium, Ca 37
Magnesium, Mg 12
Total Hardness, CaCO3 143
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.5 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 10
Chloride, Cl 14
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 126
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 103
Filtered Water
pH 7.7
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 175
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.29
Cations / Anions, me/L 3.2 / 3.2
ppm
Sodium, Na 9
Potassium, K 1
Calcium, Ca 35
Magnesium, Mg 12
Total Hardness, CaCO3 138
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.4 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 10
Chloride, Cl 15
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 129
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 106
“<” – Not Detected / Below Detection Limit
Now to figure out what to do with this info…
Stay tuned as I just upgraded to BeerSmith 2 and need to fine tune the software and will post my findings soon.
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