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Anne58 wrote:

Gothic TRAPS wrote:

quatchi wrote:TDS of Tapwater in Vancouver, BC: last time I checked, 9. An online source quoted 3, likely in winter.

That sounds good . How credible is this online source quatchi?

Does anyone else here from the Vancouver, BC, Canada know what the consistant TDS rating is for our tap water. I know we have some of the best drinking water in the planet, but is it good enough for CP growing? Distilled water is very affordable here, but it does add up over the course of the summer. Any knowledge or comments would be much appreciated. Thanks !

Where I work we weekly check the TDS of the tap water (required by one of our co-packers) I believe it is in the 15 - 20 range but I'll double check today when I'm there. I'll run one today as well just to verify. I also have some collected rain water I can check too.

Thanks, Anne58 !

Los Angeles, California USA:

Pacific Ocean: 35000 ppm
Tap Water: 320 ppm

BradR wrote:Pacific Ocean: 35000 ppm

LOLOLOLOLOL.

Vancouver, Canada
Tap Water: 19.47 ppm TDS -- pH varies but usually around the 6.5 6.8 range
Rain water: 4.33 TDS (not collected from house run-off) pH: 6.32

I double checked the results we have been getting for the tap water at the plant and it has never been above 22 ppm.

Our facility also uses filtered water - a 3 stage system . . . coarse sand, charcoal, and a membrane filter. The test results are almost identical.

BradR wrote:Pacific Ocean: 35000 ppm

Ugh and when you get a mouthful of it at the beach, it's horrifying taste lasts

the Atlantic taste ok never tasted the pacific

Source: http://www.tdsmeter.com/education

At http://www.zerowater.com/ they are collecting TDS data from all over the US. You can type in your zip code and get TDS info.

Bleh, 420. I hate SD tap water

taste my well water,it turns silver black in 10 minutes,full of sulfur

Looks like mine is 197, thats not as bad as I may have imagined still pretty bad (according to the website)

Fresno Ca
159 Tap water
1.2 Distilled
RO ???
Rain Water Haven't collected any

since i have a TDS meter i may aswell join in

Douglas Isle of Man

Tap Water 49PPM
My RO unit 0.0PPM

Do i win ?

Panchkula, India

Tap - 300ppm
RO- 22-50ppm adjustable

Logan County, KY, US

Tap-108, according to zerowater.com-157