Informal TDS poll

[Ripside]

I got a TDS meter today - one day before my RODI filter should arrive.

My tap water is reading 258ppm TDS.

How does that compare to anyone else who's measured their tap's TDS?

[AZDesertRat]

Nationwide 250 is about normal. In the Southwest it is usually higher. Mine in Phoenix was 736 two days ago. It varies due to the blending of several sources including the Colorado River, Salt River and Verde River but its never under 500 and can exceed 1000 at times.

BTW at 736 TDS tap my RO only was 7.7 on a HM Digital COM-100 conductivity meter and RO/DI was at better than 10 megaohms. Thanks to my new Spectrapure MaxCap RO/DI system. Right at 99% effieiency from RO only, not bad in my book.

[superfirefly]

251, I am near St. Louis Mo.


17 after RO

0 after DI

[fkshiu]

Here in Vancouver, Canada:

10 - 20ppm TDS straight out of the tap.

No wonder you Yanks want to buy our water so badly . . . :p

[jeffbrig]

~30ppm out of the tap. My city uses a membrane system at the water plant. And I still run it through my own RO/DI before it goes in the tank.

[Slickdonkey]

Mine is 36ppm out of the tap, Seattle area.

[spineshank385]

60-70 from a well here

[smcdonn]

75 here in NW Arkansas

[AZDesertRat]

You guys are makin' me sick! I'd be happy with 250.

[smcdonn]

How does 736 taste?? :p J/K

[AZDesertRat]

About like chewing on sand! With the mineral content it actually tastes pretty good if you let it sit out to dissipate the chlorine. The only time it tastes bad is in the spring where there are MIB and Geosmin algae blooms in the lakes and canal systems that deliver the water to the City. Then its awful. MIB algae at levels of about 1 to 2 parts per billion is detectable to the human nose and its really offensive.

[1SickReefer]

125 here in North East MD. after RO 2 after DI 0 :D boy Az your TDS is really really bad lol. <------- now I'm just rubbing it in :D

[demos10]

136 today 0 out of thr ro/di from purely h20. Nashville area

[ATP]

40-80's ppm at the tap.

[timespinner]

~130 on average on the SF coastside, CA

[Salamander]

About 64 ppm here in Flagstaff, AZ. Most of our City water is pumped from wells on a 13,000' mountain right on the edge of town. Its a bit different than down in the desert.

[stevenp]

60-70ppm here in Worcester, MA. I lived in a condo about 7 miles away for a while that had 1,000+ppm. I think the highest I ever checked was about 1,300ppm. The RO/Di still stripped it down to zero though.

Steve

[Gundo5000]

Anyone in Kansas? I really need to get a meter. Any suggestions on where to buy?

[bigdogreefer]

water in Ma. out of tap is 148 R.O. is 0

[vanmo92]

I am on a well (colorado) and its about 175-200

[DaveBrader]

Tap water here is between 350 and 400... 0 out of RODI

Dave

[CompNrdCR]

Redwood City, CA about 20 tap, 2 RO, 0 DI =)

[wrassie86]

Around 120 here where i live in MI, at my old home in WI it was around 500 and my prefilters would be solid red after a few hrs of use.sure nice to be able to go 6 mos now on filters and DI.

[jdm0012]

360ppm in sarasota,fl

[whatevva]

146 here in MA

[vessxpress1]

268 here in NW IL. RO/DI 0.

[xtrstangx]

280-315 in Kansas City.

[spineshank385]

so.....is it a bit odd that i have almost 50 ppm of no3 and 3 ppm of po4 in my tap water, but its only 60-70 ppm of tds?

[Ripside]

I've found that I'm actually getting over 300 ppm readings (here in Omaha) after the water's been on for awhile. Some of the TDS must settle out of the water when its in the pipes, maybe? Its under 250 when I first start up the water.

My new RO/DI unit is knocking it down to zero, with an occasional reading of 1.

[smleee]

Tested the other day:

Input 120
RO 1
RO/DI 0

Boise, ID

[deansreef]

276 tap in north carolina

[SEAN FITZ]

68 HERE IN FAIRFIELD CT

[chip721]

197 ppm in NoVa, just off the Potomac River.

[Zoos]

150-160 out of the tap.
Miami, FL

[pancho]

256 TDS Tap
0 TDS RODI
San Antonio,Tx

[BORNTOFLY]

50 in Columbia SC

[AZDesertRat]

In your answers include Tap Water TDS, RO only TDS and RO/DI TDS. Those numbers tell you how effective your RO membrane and DI resin are. Without an RO number the info is only partially useful. Any good DI filter should get you to an indicated 0 TDS at least for a short period of time. The RO only is the workhorse of the system and determines how well things work and how long they work.

[JW Jersey]

Here in brick NJ My Tds from the city water is 170 and 0 after rodi.

[Lakeside518]

Well water outside Albany NY 120 TDS outta the tap

[dkh0331]

125 ppm in my little communitty north of Pittsburgh

[conefree]

168 TDS out of the tap, 5 ish after RO, 0 after DI

Downingtown, PA

[PrangeWay]

DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth) anywhere from 220-270 out of the tap. 0, running cold water out of a Pinnacle RO (the membrane Seachem buys rocks).

[carman9941]

115 from the tap and I will check it with ro only when I get home btw thanks for the help azdesertrat, I have to figure what type of restrictor I have to solve my prob

[Eskie]

35 to 40 ppm tap in NYC. RO/DI 0. I need to check RO only. As an aside, dkH is 0~1.

[Manogr]

Athens, Greece...around 130-140 ppm !

[rigleautomotive]

northeast pa 48 tds tap,3tds after rodi,needs di cart replacement

[bhdmc]

Average 120ppm in my area of Nassau County, New York

[PatrickJ]

MUD in New Orleans

[reefann]

400ppm at my house, across town at a friends house its around 300. I assume the water ways to my house are older........Lancaster PA

[nyvp]

125 hollywood florida

[RichConley]

20-40 From city water.

0-1 after my cheapy RO, 0 after DI.

[cward]

450ppm twenty miles east of Columbus, Ohio.

[mike89t]

1100 TDS out of the tap here in Chandler, Arizona!

We have some really hard water here.

[xtrm suv]

240 in omaha, NE