TDS readings anyone?

[markhilken]

O.K this might have been done by somebody else but I'm to lazy to search for it. Who has the highest TDS reading? Since we have members from all over the country and then some I'm just curious to know how clean our water is.

Heres mine - 129

That's off of a water system here in Mt. Pocono.

[WaterKeeper]

Oh my, that is nowhere close to being high. In my area of Ohio a 270 is pretty normal for well water and in some parts of the world a 2000 would not be out of sight. The well water in the Pocono's is not that hard as you have a granite base rock.

[Aquarist007]

Hamilton Ontario--188ppm

[Acan Addict]

Woodstock, Ontario = 280ppm

[crvz]

I've heard pheonix is really high in the summers. Mine is about 300 in Houston.

[jkrentz2515]

120 in MPLS, MN

[FritoBandito]

417 outta the faucet in the kitchen, Wichita KS tap water is like taking a shower in a hail storm the water's so hard lol!

[Lenny718]

48 in Staten Island NY.

[kfisc]

The TDS meter on my Spectrapure input says: 2. I hope I'm not reading it incorrectly!

I live in the southern end of the Berkshires in Northwest Connecticut.

[sw500]

Mines 960 tap water texas

[WaterKeeper]

There is oil in them there hills SW. kfisc you mean the output of your unit? Water is soft in Ct but I don't think it is 2.

[Willy315]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13889821#post13889821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sw500
Mines 960 tap water texas

And I thought Indy was high with 500

[kube]

350 out of the tap in South Dakota

[cilyjr]

warwick, rhode island 78 out of the tap

[rickofco]

parachute colorado 374 out of te tap

[reefrf]

San Diego CA out of the tap is 335ppm!:eek:

[Curve]

farmerville Louisiana 365 out of the tap.

[melvinudawl]

wow...500? 960? what the heck is in everyone elses water? hartford, CT - 30 out of the tap

[Klaus777]

Straight out of the kitchen tap, 967ppm in kitchener Ontario

[Shmax]

Mine comes out of the tap at 240 now, but when I lived in Marysville Ohio a couple years ago, it was always between 750-850. It tasted like pool water and left nasty rings in sinks and toilets... I do not miss that water.

[Playa-1]

I'm sportin about 860ppm goin in and 0 commin out.

[Flipper62]

Naperville, Il.....Tap is 344. I do have a under sink filter in the kitchen & is still 344

Tap in the bath rooms without any filter is 358

[markhilken]

Well considering what kind of #'s I'm seeing I quess mines not all that bad. What would happen to your aquarium if you used water at 800 ppm and didn't treat it?

[jdieck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13891257#post13891257 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flipper62
Naperville, Il.....Tap is 344. I do have a under sink filter in the kitchen & is still 344

Tap in the bath rooms without any filter is 358
I'm also in Naperville but I am getting 125 to 140 depending on the season.

[why_drift]

122 sydney australia

[LoyalConvict]

67 in the north woods of wisconsin

[Buckeye Hydro]

Just for context, the US EPA suggests a max of 500 ppm for drinking water.

Russ

[kfisc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13889869#post13889869 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
There is oil in them there hills SW. kfisc you mean the output of your unit? Water is soft in Ct but I don't think it is 2.

No- the output is "0." Again, forgive me if it's a misread, but the TDS digital display window reads: 002 coming in; when switched to the output reading, it's 000.

But I'm more than willing to consider I'm misreading it!

[Buckeye Hydro]

I suspect what your "in" probe is reading is RO water, and the "out" probe is reading DI water, right?

[kfisc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13892000#post13892000 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BuckeyeFS
I suspect what your "in" probe is reading is RO water, and the "out" probe is reading DI water, right?

Ah- I believe that's the solution. So, without reconnecting the meter to the black (source water) line, my reading of "002" is not descriptive- but I'm glad for the "0" output.

Thanks-

[kapri G]

78 PPM coming out of the sink in Long Island New York

[Nereaga]

Reading, Pennsylvania ~220-250ppm

[johnike]

480 from a 214 foot well. North Central Illinois, Bureau County.

[AZDesertRat]

835 in northwest Phoenix AZ. Parts of the eastern Valley like Chandler, Tempe and Mesa often exceed 1200.

EPA considers total dissolved solids an asthetic concern and not a healt risk so there is no maximum contaminate level like nitrates, copper, arsenic and lead all of which do have known health efects.
Nationwide, TDS runs about 250 today.

[phuzzykins]

Currently 68 in Worcester, MA. I was seeing low 90's a few months ago.

[goodtimes2]

583 in Orange County, Ca out of the tap

[chris82079]

178 in niantic ct, 50 in waterford ct and 48 in new london ct

[markhilken]

Looks like the northeast or mid atlantic states have the cleanest waters.

[WaterKeeper]

They are mainly tapping into granite bedrock on the East coast. Out in the Midwest we have limestone and that greatly increases TDS and hardness of well water. Most surface waters are lower in TDS than wells.

[krowleey]

26 here in Redding, CA

[WaterKeeper]

California has soft and hard waters. Krowleey is located in an area where the rock structure is Cenozoic alluvial deposits and, to the north, Paleozoic volcanic rock structures. I imagine he gets reservoir water from the lake Shasta area.

[Redds]

118 philadelphia

[AZDesertRat]

A large portion of Southern California is fed from the Colorado River via the Metropolitan Water Dist. of Southern California canal system. Their wate rquality will be similar to the Phoenix area, hard as a rock and high TDS.

[pammy]

115 - Nashua, New Hampshire

[krowleey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13896041#post13896041 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
California has soft and hard waters. Krowleey is located in an area where the rock structure is Cenozoic alluvial deposits and, to the north, Paleozoic volcanic rock structures. I imagine he gets reservoir water from the lake Shasta area.

yes, our water comes from lake shasta ( i think) it's that or sacramento river, either way it's decent water to drink and not too bad for tap for a reef tank. i use ro water anyway. i dont need di, i get 0 tds from ro.