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Re: Re:

Post by grmills » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:31 pm

Oblomov wrote:
GTOrichie wrote:Bournemouth & West Hampshire water reports

just click the town you want to check

http://www.bwhwater.co.uk/supply_zones/supply_zones.htm
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https://secureforms.bwhwater.co.uk/post ... _live.aspx

And addition information for ZBWH06 KNAPP MILL EAST ZONE:

ParameterNameUnits AvgOfResult
pH (pH Units) 7.9
Sulphate (mg SO4/l) 21
Magnesium (mg Mg/l) 2.1
Sodium Total (mg Na/l) 13
Potassium Total (mg K/l) 1.7
Nitrate (mg NO3/l) 25
Ammonium (mg NH4/l) 0.10
Conductivity at 20C (usie/cm) 477
Calcium (mg Ca/l) 88
Total Hardness (mg Ca/l) 91
Alkalinity (mg HCO3/l) 239

stephenfranks

ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE.

Post by stephenfranks » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:04 am

ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE.

For Water Supply Zone TV003 Royston.

All figures in parts per million (ppm)
Calcium 111
Magnesium 2.8
Sodium 10
Potassium 2.3
Chloride 18
Sulphate 19
Hardness as CaCO3 278
Carbonate CO3 167

ECW

Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by ECW » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:16 am

I don't know how many people this will help, but this is the report for Aurora, Colorado:

http://www.auroragov.org/stellent/group ... 035747.pdf

Not that I understand much of it...and I used to teach Chemistry!

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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by jubby » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:43 pm

Cambridge west zone 6, Coton. as at 13 Sept 2009 ppm or mg/l

Sodium, 10.5

Chloride, 22

Sulphate, 28.5

Calcium, 113

Magnesium, 3.97

Alkalinity, 234 mg/l CaCo3

Over a one year period, the alkalinity has not changed. The only parameter that changed significantly during the year was magnesium, which went from 2.4 to 3.97.
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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by SiHoltye » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:41 pm

Sutton & East Surrey - Outwood Supply zone

Thank you for your email regarding Sutton and East Surrey Water's water quality.
As requested, please find below, the figures in mg/l for 2008 and then
2009 to date for your area of supply:

2008
Alkalinity as HCO3 84
Ca 53
Mg 5
Na 25
CO3 Not tested
SO4 73
Cl 43

2009 to date
Alkalinity as HCO3 85
Ca 53
Mg 5
Na 24
CO3 Not tested
SO4 75
Cl 43


I hope these results answer your query, but should you require any further information, please do contact us again.

Kind reagrds
Ruth

Ruth Nelham
Process Scientist
Sutton and East Surrey Water plc
Phone: 01737 785882
Fax: 01737 785865

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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by ScottishBrewer » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:49 pm

As provided by Scottish water for Glasgow area (Milngave C2) taken something on or after 01/01/2009:

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CaCO3             15 mg/l
Calcium            6 mg/l
Chloride        5.78 mg/l
Sodium          4.14 mg/l
Sulphate        7.14 mg/l
Using the Salifert KH test kit I got a figure of 14mg/l

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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by mooj » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:56 pm

Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water - Zone 2 Alderney North Zone

As per a telephone call with a helpful chap from the waterboard today.

Alkalinity 252mg/L as HCO3
Calcium 93mg/L
Magnesium 2.65mg/L
Sodium 12mg/L
Sulphate 22mg/L
Chloride 23.75mg/L
A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.

HantsGaz

Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by HantsGaz » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:02 pm

Winchester water analysis - Zone H521, Easton supply point

Alkalinity as CaCO3: 232 mg/l
Carbonate as CO3: 139.2 mg/l

Calcium: ~98 mg/l (EDIT: Original figure was 54.4 but is most likely incorrect)
Magnesium: 2.8 mg/l
Sodium: 8.2 mg/l
Sulphate: 10.4 mg/l
Chloride: 21.6 mg/l

PH: 8.23

As tested by Murphy's.
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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by WallyBrew » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:12 pm

HantsGaz wrote:Winchester water analysis - Zone H521, Easton supply point

Alkalinity as CaCO3: 232 mg/l
Carbonmate as CO3: 139.2 mg/l

Calcium: 54.4 mg/l
Magnesium: 2.8 mg/l
Sodium: 8.2 mg/l
Sulphate: 10.4 mg/l
Chloride: 21.6 mg/l

PH: 8.23

As tested by Murphy's.
That water doesn't look balanced. The calcium has to be wrong. Look at the figures in the previous post.

If that is the calcium figure they have given you ask for your money back

HantsGaz

Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by HantsGaz » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:43 pm

Interesting - how can you tell? Is there something more scientific I could go back to Murphy's with?

Jerry Cornelius

Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by Jerry Cornelius » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:06 pm

Update for Fareham area. Just spoke to a helpful chap in the lab; latest values for September 2009:

Total Alkalinity: - 285 HCO3
Sodium: - 11.1
Sulphate: - 29.1
Chloride: - 27.1
Calcium: - 118.1
Magnesium: - not recorded

Pronay

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Post by Pronay » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:35 am

Jim wrote:This chart covers the North East areas supplied by Northumbrian Water.

North East Water

It's a pdf and quite small, so you'll need to magnify it in your browser. Good info on alkalinity and hardness, though.
Updated link http://www.nwl.co.uk/Hardness_2008.pdf

dynamic dave

Veolia Water UK/three valleys

Post by dynamic dave » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:47 am

Veolia Water UK which use be three valleys water.
water report for Luton Bedfordshire area is The total hardness (alkalinity) is 365 mg/l (or parts per million).

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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by vacant » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:24 pm

\:D/ Wow, three cheers for Bristol Water. I only emailed them yesterday evening. I also asked if I had the same water supply as the RCH Brewery in Hewish. Here is part of the email from one of their water scientists (who included their email and direct phone number if I had any further questions):

Water quality in relation to beer making

Thank you for your e-mail received yesterday, 11 November requesting
information about the chemical analysis of water with regard to the
making of beer. Your water is supplied from our wells at Chelvey as is
water in the Hewish area.

Please see the attached summary regarding results of samples of water
taken in your area, Zone 229.

I have also included a summary in respect of Chelvey water treatment
works that provides additional information relevant for the making of
beer that you may find helpful.

PDFs on google docs: zone 229 and chelvey

Of course I emailed back saying how impressed I was. Have they missed anything?

edit: also received a PDF leaflet explaining what all these tests mean.
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Re: Local Water Reports.

Post by Blackaddler » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:00 pm

From Veolia [previously Three Valleys Water]

WATER SUPPLY ZONE: WEYBRIDGE / WOODHAM (TV067)
Period: 01 January 2008 to 31 December 2008

The water quality report has results for the following parameters:

pH = 7.6 (Mean)
Chloride = 41 mg/l (Mean)
Sulphate = 50 mg/l (Mean)
Sodium = 28 mg/l (Mean)

Alkalinity, calcium and magnesium are not included in the report but the typical levels are as follows:

Alkalinity = 255 mg/l
Calcium = 102 mg/l
Magnesium = 4.3 mg/l


It looks like there should be a new report out soon. I'll update if I get a copy.
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