Holy Crap! My tap water is 530 ppm! whats yours?

i wasnt sure what section to post this in. but. . .

I just bought a "zerowater" gravity water filter pitcher (from bed bath & beyond), to put in my fridge. because my GF is super parinoid about using tap water for anything.
and it comes with a TDS meter (rated at 0-999) so that you can test your tap water, and test the water after its filtered. and also replace the filter when the water comes out at 006.

Well i used the included meter to test my tap water and holy fuck. its registering at 530ppm! the included documentation said in some really bad areas you will see as high as 400+ and fuck i have 500+!

whats yours?

Also you can see what others have submitted as their tap water score that have bought zerowater
http://www.zerowater.com/tds

mine runs city tap at 100 ppm

city tap, 120

city tap .. 880 ppm, due to the amout of limestone quarrys around here .. very poor for growing.

i have 360 ppm... i thought mine was bad jesus

mine is at 680ppm. i called the city and told them it was past epa limit, they said they'll look into it. i ended up grabbingg an r.o. system and now im down to roughly 60 ppm.

town tap, bout 40-45 ppm, nice 7.0 ph.....

Mine oscillates seasonally, sometimes 40, sometimes 200 plus. cn

mine is 2-300 holly fuck some you guys over 500 need to call water company... 500 is over epa limit!!!! in the states anyways just think 500 is what i feed my baby clones changed over to ro and will never go back like knowing what is in my water

mine is a little less than 200 ppm.. not great but not terrible

tellno1 said:

city tap .. 880 ppm, due to the amout of limestone quarrys around here .. very poor for growing.

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880 ppm i would be scared to drink that water.

City water from a city well, 600+ PPM. A water softener is required unless you like to replace the water heater every five years. Also has overly high natural fluoride levels. All the city does is pump it out of the ground, add chlorine, and pump it to the tower.
I have a small RO setup for plants and to fill the water cooler for drinking water. It is hard water, filling a pool will have a layer of white dust at the bottom after 24 hours.

I live in a good sized city and my tap water has never even registered on my ppm meter at this address (never checked other addresses). Ph is always right around 6.8 all year round. It's the least they could do. Water/sewer taxes are absurd.

300-350ppm, thought mine was bad... LOL.

Wow...I don't feel so bad about my 230 ppm tap...

On a side note, funny story. I got my RO/DI filter yesterday, and I hooked it up. It's 100GPD, and I had it hooked to the sink, cause it's a portable model. I was running the waste water tube down the drain, and collecting the 0ppm water in a 20 gallon res...I went up stairs to make dinner, ate, and came back a while later...Apparently the wastewater tube had slipped out of the drain, was flooded my bathroom with like an inch of water...lol...Good thing I have tile on a concrete foundation.

That being said, this RO/DI unit I bought was only 66 bucks, and really does take my 230ppm tap down to 0 ppm.

130 ppm, not too bad, but I still use RO water. Do you guys with 800+ tap water have to drink it with a knife and fork?

It's always good to use RO water. It eliminates a lot of variables and potential problems. When you think about the value of your crop, it only takes fixing one tap water related nute problem for it to pay for itself.

On a side note, funny story. I got my RO/DI filter yesterday, and I hooked it up. It's 100GPD, and I had it hooked to the sink, cause it's a portable model. I was running the waste water tube down the drain, and collecting the 0ppm water in a 20 gallon res...I went up stairs to make dinner, ate, and came back a while later...Apparently the wastewater tube had slipped out of the drain, was flooded my bathroom with like an inch of water...lol...Good thing I have tile on a concrete foundation.

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What I do is take the wastewater hose and jam it down the drain, then take the drain cover thing and stick that in there... the thing in bathroom sinks that moves up and down to open/close the drain, that is... can't think of the name.

I tend to flood because of forgetting I'm filling, or my timer pooping out. I am also very thankful I have a tile floor over cement. Can't count how many times I've walked in there to find it turned into a swamp.

shit, i didnt know that 500+ was over the epa limit.
maybe i should call somebody. . .

Thanks guys for the heads up.
Its always good to be able to talk to someone about things.

purklize said:

What I do is take the wastewater hose and jam it down the drain, then take the drain cover thing and stick that in there... the thing in bathroom sinks that moves up and down to open/close the drain, that is... can't think of the name.

I tend to flood because of forgetting I'm filling, or my timer pooping out. I am also very thankful I have a tile floor over cement. Can't count how many times I've walked in there to find it turned into a swamp.[/B]

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I don't really forsee this happening again, I already own the float valve, just didn't install it in the res since I got home late last night, and set up the RO/DI out of excitement(how lame does that sound...lol). And as for the wastewater tube...well...now I know to secure it with a clip or something...lol...My sink is missing the stopper-plunger-plug, but I'll just make sure the tube stays put next time...lol

Metasynth said:

Wow...I don't feel so bad about my 230 ppm tap... On a side note, funny story. I got my RO/DI filter yesterday, and I hooked it up. It's 100GPD, and I had it hooked to the sink, cause it's a portable model. I was running the waste water tube down the drain, and collecting the 0ppm water in a 20 gallon res...I went up stairs to make dinner, ate, and came back a while later...Apparently the wastewater tube had slipped out of the drain, was flooded my bathroom with like an inch of water...lol...Good thing I have tile on a concrete foundation. That being said, this RO/DI unit I bought was only 66 bucks, and really does take my 230ppm tap down to 0 ppm.

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What brand is it and where did you get it?