Finding out about your tap water

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hutchcox

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Feb 24, 2008
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Hey MFK,

Almost at the end of another bottle of dechlorinator when I thought I'd look in to how much Chlorine is in my tap water. Not owning a test kit for this I started to hunt around the supplyers web site and came across this;

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http://www.stwater.co.uk/server.php?show=nav.5635

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Heres what I got, seems like we have a lil to much chlorine for me to not treat it but its kinda interesting.

Hardness Level Moderately hard No Standard Applies
Hardness Clark 12.16 No Standard Applies Degrees Clark
Hardness French 17.37 No Standard Applies French Degrees
Hardness German 9.73 No Standard Applies German Degrees
Aluminium 13.96 200 μgAl/l
Chloride 43.03 250 mgCl/l
Chlorine 0.34 No Standard Applies mg/l
Coliform bacteria 0 0 no./100ml
Colour 0.41 20 mg/l Pt/Co
Conductivity 436.42 2500 μS/cm at 20°C
E.coli bacteria 0 0 no./100ml
Fluoride 1.01 1.5 mgF/l
Iron 7.29 200 μgFe/l
Manganese 1.50 50 μgMn/l
Nitrate 21.23 50 mgNO3/l
Odour 0 Acceptable to customers and no abnormal change Dilution Number
Pesticides 0 0.5 μg/l
pH 7.34 6.5 - 9.5 pH Value
Sodium 35.63 200 mgNa/l
Taste 0 Acceptable to customers and no abnormal change Dilution Number
Plumbing Metals
Copper 0.02 2.0 mgCu/l
Lead 0.74 25 μgPb/l
Nickel 1.39 20 μgNi/l


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