Here’s the analysis:
Mineral Content Grains/US Gallon
Sodium Chloride 0.142
Sodium Sulphate 0.598
Sodium Nitrate 0.026
Potassium Sulphate 0.116
Calcium Sulphate 0.572
Ferrous Carbonate 0.005
Magnesium Carbonate 1.110
Strontium Carbonate trace
Alumina 0.045
Silica 0.496
Ammonium Chloride absent
Albuminoid Nitrogen 0.0012
Organic Matter 0.275
Total 10.1102
Gases Cubic Inches/Gallon
Free Carbonic Acid 2.2
Carbonic Acid in Bicarbonates 7.14
Dissolved Oxygen 0.41
Sorry Dude, I spent hours converting results like that for the upcoming article on Burton water. You’re on your own. I suggest sending a sample to Ward if you want something intelligible.
What Martin said!
Water rookie raises hand…
Is the problem that it’s in grains per gallon rather than parts per million?
Yeah, looks like alot of converting units :) Too much fun for me.
SC 2.433ppm
SS 10.248ppm
SN .445ppm
PS 1.445ppm
CS 9.80
FS .085
MC 19.022
According to Grains/Gallon (US) to Parts/Million (Ppm) Conversion Calculator
Jim, now split all those compounds into their constituents and sum them.
Oh… you just lost me. Lol!
He means to break them down to the ions they dissolve in and add them up.
Calcium Sulfate to Ca and SO4, sodium chloride to Na and Cl.
I will leave that to the pros.
Hey Martin - any idea as to why these data are expressed that way?
Random question - why the sulphate spelling instead of sulfate? This is a US city, right?
And when converting the ions to ppm, don’t forget to multiply the by the number of atoms per molecule. I.e., sodium sulfate is Na2SO4 so you need to multiply the ppm by two to get the sodium concentration from that salt.
Still lost. But that’s ok. If it was easy everyone would do it. I have my own areas of expertise but science and math ain’t one of them.
Betcha the EPA wouldn’t accept those numbers. Time to go back to the agency and get a full report.
Who reports water analyses in that form? :o.
Is there a purpose for it being reported like that, or does it come from the analytical methods?
The biggest source of alkalinity by far appears to be magnesium carbonate at 1.11 grains/gallon, which is 19 ppm. The water would then be very soft which makes it useful for all manner of beers with the appropriate addition of salts. You have almost no calcium in there so you would want to add CaSO4 or CaCl2 to get your calcium between 50-150 ppm.
I’m not sure if I trust the numbers or my understanding of them. Is the water soft in your experience? If so I would assume what I said is correct. If not, what I said is baloney.
The numbers appear to come from a spa (http://berkeleysprings.com/aboutthewater.html). Contact your municipality to get a proper report in mg/l.
The numbers you got don’t match what the USGS has: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1044e/report.pdf. Moderate amounts of calcium but low amounts of alkalinity.