Help reading local water report

Antisocial Extrovert

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Ran into some issues last grow deficiencies and it was a headache. I’m trying to prevent those this time around. I went ahead and acquired the latest water report from my city. The names of the substances I see sound familiar, but I’m unsure how to interpret this information in a way that can let me know if my tap water is fine as is, or if I’ll need to make adjustments or add additives with my watering. Most opinions welcomed. Thanks.94697E1E-C5D5-460F-ACB0-4B0F4E45C9DB.jpeg12010F14-194D-46D3-A59C-249F15A9B7D3.jpeg
 

legalcanada

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i'm unsure what you need further help understanding. usually they take multiple tests from different locations or different times so the MIN and MAX is the lowest and highest number they got and AVG is average of all. the unit just shows you what they are measuring in. so you have on average 30ppm of calcium in your water and 3.8 ppm of magnesium.

i don't see much wrong with your water other than PH is a little high. does it list total dissolved solids in PPM somewhere? you can use it straight from the tap (try for room temperature) because it contains chloramine instead of chlorine so it won't evaporate if left out anyways but a bit of chlorine is good for plants anyway plus the other minerals too.

RO water creates about 4 gallons of waste water for every 1gallon of RO water.. it's extremely inefficient and wasteful plus strips all minerals. i drink RO water personally because i won't consume fluoride but it dont hurt the girls
 

Antisocial Extrovert

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I was looking at the calcium and magnesium ppm’s. Just judging from the nu,Betsy it seems to be low but like I said, I’m not sure. Is the ppm within a recommended range or do I need to supplement my water with cal/mag? Thanks.
 

Kingrow1

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Ya water is good ya safe to go on plants :-)

Chloramines are nearer the top limits for water regulators, again no problems.
Sodium seems a little higher than im use to but again no probs, maybe look into that one but 22ppm is still very low imo.
Where do you live because they are quite specific on a few things like radioactivity and stuff they probably had to remove from farm runoff or somthing idk without looking specifics up but some extra testing in your area probably due to bad soil or industry/farming or maybe you just live near Fukoshima in Japan.

Overall your water looks cool, id drink it, does it taste nice and refreshing?
Cal mag seems fine, more carbonate than chloride so aint gona do much, slightly lime a soil maybe.

PH is pretty irrelevant if ppms are low, your water looks softish not hard 90ppm is not bad whatsoever. Add ferts and that ph will shoot of somewhere different depending on what ferts your using, 90ppm of chloride carbonate buffer is like very weak, you can ionize that out easily so ignore ph and just go on what it is after ferts are added. Carbonates are always going to give you alkaline tapwater if nothing else is there to reduce it, thats where the ferts dominate ph after adding them.

Could be better but water is fine, others might pick up on stuff more but id grow with it no probs :-)
 
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Antisocial Extrovert

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Ya water is good ya safe to go on plants :-)

Chloramines are nearer the top limits for water regulators, again no problems.
Sodium seems a little higher than im use to but again no probs, maybe look into that one but 22ppm is still very low imo.
Where do you live because they are quite specific on a few things like radioactivity and stuff they probably had to remove from farm runoff or somthing idk without looking specifics up but some extra testing in your area probably due to bad soil or industry/farming or maybe you just live near Fukoshima in Japan.

Overall your water looks cool, id drink it, does it taste nice and refreshing?
Cal mag seems fine, more carbonate than chloride so aint gona do much, slightly lime a soil maybe.

PH is pretty irrelevant if ppms are low, your water looks softish not hard 90ppm is not bad whatsoever. Add ferts and that ph will shoot of somewhere different depending on what ferts your using, 90ppm of chloride carbonate buffer is like very weak, you can ionize that out easily so ignore ph and just go on what it is after ferts are added. Carbonates are always going to give you alkaline tapwater if nothing else is there to reduce it, thats where the ferts dominate ph after adding them.

Could be better but water is fine, others might pick up on stuff more but id grow with it no probs :-)
Wow...thanks for the info!! I live in the Lone Star State. Would it be necessary to sit out the water 24-48 hours prior to using it for my lady?
 

Kingrow1

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Wow...thanks for the info!! I live in the Lone Star State. Would it be necessary to sit out the water 24-48 hours prior to using it for my lady?
I believe your state manages to get below the EPA water quality and stuff so probably why your water looks fine.
Ignore any info on leaving your water to sit out, old info now superseded by new chloromine systems.
 

Kerovan

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Wow...thanks for the info!! I live in the Lone Star State. Would it be necessary to sit out the water 24-48 hours prior to using it for my lady?
Nope, won't help a bit. You may want to use a little ph down to bring your ph down a bit when giving straight water. And ph up when you using nutrients. But there is nothing wrong with your water.
 
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