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homebrewing:
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--- Quote from: lornemagill on May 04, 2012, 03:03:28 PM ---i live in round rock, texas and have been uable to find a water report that lists the appropriate info. what are some keywords i should use when googling. ive asked a local brewer and some club members and no one knows. thanks.
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Did you post to the Texas Carboys or Austin Zealots? I've posted info out to the Zealots Yahoo group a few times.
You should receive the annual drinking water quality report by July 1, the City hasn't posted online as of yet -- the one available at http://dww.tceq.texas.gov/CCR/ (search for "City of Round Rock" or TX2460003) does not include the secondaries that you would want for sulfate/hardness/calcium etc. pH usually ranges from 7.3 - 7.6, raw water alkalinity is ~155.
Chloramine levels depend on how far you live from the water treatment/pump stations, but be aware that with historical levels in distribution minimum of 2.15 mg/L (measured as total chlorine) and levels above 3 mg/L out of the treatment plant that you need to dechloraminate. Carbon filtration may not remove all if you don't have sufficient contact time to hit a removal efficiency that you need.
Assuming that Kim Lutz is still handling the water quality data for Round Rock, you can call her at (512) 341-3333 or email kiml@round-rock.tx.us for more recent data.
You can also get your water tested by LCRA Environmental Services in southeast Austin, they have a residential water supply testing services https://els.lcra.org/RWST.aspx.
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just saw this, thanks for all the great info.
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ditto... great info for Austinites and Round Rockians
aviking427:
Just got mine in last night.
This is my well water in Pound Ridge, NY
pH 6.9
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 88
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.15
Cations / Anions, me/L 1.4 / 1.4
ppm
Sodium, Na 9
Potassium, K 3
Calcium, Ca 14
Magnesium, Mg 3
Total Hardness, CaCO3 48
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.4 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 3
Chloride, Cl 6
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 53
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 44
Total Phosphorus, P 0.74
Total Iron, Fe <0.01
Now the fun begins!!!
SecondRow_Sean:
This is my report from Prince William County, VA. I'm looking to switch to all grain soon, and was wondering if I could get some feedback on this. The report shows tests conducted over a year period, I'm listing the average values. Thanks!
pH 7.4
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 188
Electrical Conductivity, umho/cm 354
ppm
Sodium, Na 32.9
Potassium, K 4.3
Calcium, Ca 22.6
Magnesium, Mg 5.5
Total Hardness, CaCO3 78
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.2
Sulfate, SO4-S 25.3
Chloride, Cl 49.8
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 54
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 54
Total Phosphorus, P 0.33
Total Iron, Fe BQL
aviking427:
--- Quote from: SecondRow_Sean on August 02, 2012, 12:18:55 PM ---This is my report from Prince William County, VA. I'm looking to switch to all grain soon, and was wondering if I could get some feedback on this. The report shows tests conducted over a year period, I'm listing the average values. Thanks!
pH 7.4
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 188
Electrical Conductivity, umho/cm 354
ppm
Sodium, Na 32.9
Potassium, K 4.3
Calcium, Ca 22.6
Magnesium, Mg 5.5
Total Hardness, CaCO3 78
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.2
Sulfate, SO4-S 25.3
Chloride, Cl 49.8
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 54
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 54
Total Phosphorus, P 0.33
Total Iron, Fe BQL
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I'll preface this by saying, I am by far no water specialist and am just getting into understanding water. It looks like you have some really workable water. I'm the post before yours and spent some time reading through previous posts and other online water research as well as looking at other reports. (Again, not an expert, just believe I learned something) You should be able to make ALMOST any water you want with salt and acid additions that you want. You can probably dilute that water add the salts that are lacking and get close to Pilsen water. If you haven't already, download Bru'n water, read through it, pick a style you want to brew and start building the water profile for it. I found it, in addition to other research, to be a great way to start understanding water manipulation.
SecondRow_Sean:
--- Quote from: aviking427 on August 02, 2012, 06:44:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: SecondRow_Sean on August 02, 2012, 12:18:55 PM ---This is my report from Prince William County, VA. I'm looking to switch to all grain soon, and was wondering if I could get some feedback on this. The report shows tests conducted over a year period, I'm listing the average values. Thanks!
pH 7.4
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 188
Electrical Conductivity, umho/cm 354
ppm
Sodium, Na 32.9
Potassium, K 4.3
Calcium, Ca 22.6
Magnesium, Mg 5.5
Total Hardness, CaCO3 78
Nitrate, NO3-N 1.2
Sulfate, SO4-S 25.3
Chloride, Cl 49.8
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 54
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 54
Total Phosphorus, P 0.33
Total Iron, Fe BQL
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I'll preface this by saying, I am by far no water specialist and am just getting into understanding water. It looks like you have some really workable water. I'm the post before yours and spent some time reading through previous posts and other online water research as well as looking at other reports. (Again, not an expert, just believe I learned something) You should be able to make ALMOST any water you want with salt and acid additions that you want. You can probably dilute that water add the salts that are lacking and get close to Pilsen water. If you haven't already, download Bru'n water, read through it, pick a style you want to brew and start building the water profile for it. I found it, in addition to other research, to be a great way to start understanding water manipulation.
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Great, thanks for the tip. I'm def going to dl Bru'n water- looks like a great resource.
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