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Ingredients / Re: Post your water report
« on: January 14, 2012, 09:45:48 am »
Embarrassed I put the sodium wrong. . . the cut and pasted report for upper valley of el paso(with correct sodium) :
Total Dissolved Solids 630
Phenol Alkalinity as CaCO3 3.8
Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 121
Total Hardness as CaCO3 119
Chlorides as Cl 117
Sulfates as SO4 189
Fluorides as F 0.59
Silica as SiO2 36
Nitrates as NO3 <0.10
Nitrites as NO2 <0.05
Phosphates as PO4 <0.05
Calcium as Ca 42
Magnesium as Mg 5.5
Sodium as Na 168
Potassium as K 3.6
Iron as Fe <0.020
Manganese as Mn 0.050
pH 8.1
So, my water is not good for brewing... I'm intending to use Arrowhead drinking water (without fluoride) since the spring water looks like its values are all over the place. Is this a good choice? Their report can be found here:
http://www.nestle-watersna.com/pdf/AH_BWQR.pdf
Again, any help is much appreciated. Thanks guys. I was going to spend a lot for a filter, but will probably just stick with bought water, cost really isn't a big deal, as long as I'm not setting myself up for failure. Thanks a lot again for the advice.
Total Dissolved Solids 630
Phenol Alkalinity as CaCO3 3.8
Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 121
Total Hardness as CaCO3 119
Chlorides as Cl 117
Sulfates as SO4 189
Fluorides as F 0.59
Silica as SiO2 36
Nitrates as NO3 <0.10
Nitrites as NO2 <0.05
Phosphates as PO4 <0.05
Calcium as Ca 42
Magnesium as Mg 5.5
Sodium as Na 168
Potassium as K 3.6
Iron as Fe <0.020
Manganese as Mn 0.050
pH 8.1
So, my water is not good for brewing... I'm intending to use Arrowhead drinking water (without fluoride) since the spring water looks like its values are all over the place. Is this a good choice? Their report can be found here:
http://www.nestle-watersna.com/pdf/AH_BWQR.pdf
Again, any help is much appreciated. Thanks guys. I was going to spend a lot for a filter, but will probably just stick with bought water, cost really isn't a big deal, as long as I'm not setting myself up for failure. Thanks a lot again for the advice.