Local Water Reports

[BigEd]

http://www.provwater.com/water_char.htm

[Jim]

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.

[mixbrewery]

This is my basic local report from the water companies website but i don't believe it gives the full picture
and have requested a full detailed water analysis as required by a commercial brewery.
Three Valleys Basic Hardness

As its web based on postcode I presume its updated when they have new data.

[wooyay]

Anglian Water's postcode checker returns lots of useful information about the water in your area for the period January to December 2006.

Cambridge Water provide spreadsheets for their areas, but are also quite helpful if you phone/e-mail them.

[ryanmanchester]

United Utilities have simple view and full detailed view reports for the north west (and possibly other areas?)

[trisers]

Thames water is here....

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/UK/region ... terQuality

[Ianb]

Report for the central area of Halifax (West Yorkshire) is Here

[Gurgeh]

the data is extracted from the past three years water
quality statistics for the Benfleet zone. (water from hanningfield reservoir)

Calcium (Ca) 85mg/l to 110mg/l with a mean value of 100mg/l
Alkalinity expressed as bicarbonate (HCO3) 140mg/l to 250mg/l with a mean
value of 202mg/l
Sodium (Na) 40mg/l to 56mg/l with a mean value of 49mg/l
Sulphate (SO4) 95mg/l to 141mg/l with a mean value of 115mg/l
Chloride (Cl) 67mg/l to 91mg/l with a mean value of 78mg/l.
magnesium (Mg) 8.3 mg/l to 10.0 mg/l with a mean concentration
of 9.1 mg/l

[Jimberbob]

Report for Pontefract area of West Yorkshire, I'm in the Grimethorpe water supply zone. Doesn't sound good does it?

http://www.yorkshirewater.com/web/WQZ.n ... %20WSZ.pdf

[mr.c]

For anyone in Lakenham NORWICH

Thank you for your recent enquiry.

You live in our Lakenham supply zone where the alkalinity of the water during the period January to December 2006 was 246 mg/l (parts per million). There is no standard set in the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 for this parameter. No sample has as yet been taken in the Lakenham supply zone for 2007.

Further information on the water quality in your area is available on our website www.anglianwater.co.uk, along with a post code search facility.

Please let me know if you require any further information.

Regards

Chris Smith
Drinking Water Standards Assistant
Henderson House
01480 323020
csmith6@anglianwater.co.uk

[Aleman]

You live in our Lakenham supply zone where the alkalinity of the water during the period January to December 2006 was 246 mg/l (parts per million).

On the one occasion that we measured it! Probably the one factor that is of critical importance in brewing and there is no published standard so they don't have to measure/report it.

People may have heard me say that These reports are not worth teh paper they are printed on, and this is one of the reasons. For many of the contaminants there are published standards and they have to meet them, so they get all the samples. In some areas of the country (Derby is one IIRC) they switch between two reservoirs depending on the levels, One has high alkalinity and the other low, and it is enough to screw up mash reactions significantly (esp in a commercial situation). For this reason I have invested in a Palintest Total Alkalinity Test Kit (Need the Kit and the Total Alkalinity reagents) and check what my alkalinity is before hand and adjust accordingly. Money well spent IMHO

[des]

MARKET WEIGHTON AREA EAST YORKSHIRE (I'M IN STAMFORD BRIDGE WHICH IS INCLUDED)

These are the figures supplied by Yorkshire water, they are an average of data collected from several sites in the area. cant be too particular as water is diverted around area to suit water company requirements. but there are no great differences from one sample point to another.

Alkalinity tot. pH4.5 mg/l CaCO3 146
Calcium total mg/l Ca 119
Chloride total mg/l Cl 32
Iron total mg/l Fe 15
Hardness total mg/l CaCO3 322
Magnesium total mg/l Mg 6
Sodium total mg/l Na 16.5
pH pH units 7.2
Sulphate dissolved mg/l SO4 112

I use 57 Litres total liquor to make 32 litres of bitter type beer.

To treat this I put the water in the HLT day before brewing I add one campden tablet, half teaspoon salt and 30ml of CRS.

I also add 11g of DLS to the Grist

The result according to Nigel Porter's (Craft Brewers Association) spreadsheet is the following;

Alkalinity tot. pH4.5 mg/l CaCO3 50
Calcium total mg/l Ca 200
Chloride total mg/l Cl 180
Magnesium total mg/l Mg 8.5
Sodium total mg/l Na 72
Sulphate dissolved mg/l SO4 325

Which is pretty much the recommended balance for Bitter type beers, the treatment varies for other types of beer but I haven't gone there yet.

[MightyMouth]

Market Bosworth Desford & Hinckley

Code: Select all

Analysis              Typical Value		UK/European Limit		Units 
Hardness Level        Hard				   No Standard Applies 
Hardness Clark	     15.23			     No Standard Applies	 Degrees Clark 
Hardness              87				     No Standard Applies	 mgCa/l 
Aluminium             11.91			     200					     μgAl/l 
Chloride              36.56			     250					     mgCl/l 
Chlorine              0.3				    No Standard Applies	 mg/l 
Coliform bacteria     0				      0					       no./100ml 
Colour                1.23				   20					      mg/l Pt/Co 
Conductivity          469.74			    2500					    μS/cm at 20°C 
E.coli bacteria       0				      0			             no./100ml 
Fluoride              0.21				   1.5					     mgF/l 
Iron                  11.61			     200					     μgFe/l 
Manganese             1.89				   50					      μgMn/l 
Nitrate               15.24			     50					      mgNO3/l 
Odour                 0				      3 at 25°C				  Dilution Number 
Pesticides            0				      0.5					     μg/l 
pH                    7.69				   6.5 – 10.0			    pH Value 
Sodium                24				     200					     mgNa/l 
Taste                 0				      3 at 25°C				  Dilution Number 
Plumbing Metals 
Copper                0.02				   2.0					     mgCu/l 
Lead                  1.06				   25					      μgPb/l 
Nickel                1.9				    20					      μgNi/l 

Key

mg/l
is equivalent to one part per million.
μg/l
is equivalent to one part per billion.
Dilution number
is a standard method for detecting taste and odour. It is unlikely that anyone would be able to detect these below a level of 3.
Hazen
is a reference method for assessing the clarity of the water.
μS/cm
measures the natural mineral composition.
Hardness Level
the three measures shown are the most common used by washing machine manufactures.
Less than
means that this is the lowest value that the high quality equipment can measure.
Typical Results
for most analyses are based on the average level during the last 12 months. The remainder indicate the normal levels expected in your area.

Sorry can't format any better without HTML

[GTOrichie]

Bournemouth & West Hampshire water reports

just click the town you want to check

http://www.bwhwater.co.uk/supply_zones/supply_zones.htm

[Redbloke]

Severn Trent Water

Just enter your postcode -

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