whats in your water

i made a few calls to environmental health dept to ask whats in our tap water
(smithfield)

it comes from ballymore eustace treatment plant

its treated with alluminium sulphate the max allowed is 0.2ppm
its
alluminium sulphate 0.1-0.2 ppm
chlorine 0.5 ppm
amonia 0.1 ppm
flouride 0.8-1 ppm


he said they dont add chloramine but it makes itself with the mix of amonia and chlorine. he said they dont measure it but the total chlorine amount takes it into account (0.5ppm)

its passed through poly acrylamite (not sure on spelling), sand, and then lime is added to brìng the ph to neutral or slighty above.

Is that the values for the Dublin Area??

What about the PH? Mine is around 6.6 from the tab.

Pablo

No the values vary depending on what part of the city you are in.

I know a guy that works in the Central Lab in Dublin City Council. The values can be different depending on what street you live on in a particular area!!!

I'm in Coolock, my Ph from the Tap is 7.2, in my parents house (up the road in Artane its 6.8 ).

is that Des Berkley ?

I live in Donabate and my PH is 7.8 with GH of 180. My parents live in Coolock and their GH is 80. I believe Balbriggan is nearly off the scale when it comes to water hardness.

I live in Coolock and my pH is 7.5 - 8.Its never exact but always in that range.

This is the water quality values for last year from Ballymore Eustace.
They would not give me values for a perticular date even though i had them come out to test my water.
I am still waiting for the results.................and waiting and waiting.......

Volume produced (m/3 day).................250,000
Colour (hazel).....................................<10
Turbity (ntu).......................................<1
Ph......................................................7.5-8.5
Conductivity (yS/CM)...........................140-150
Chloride (MG/L).................................<25
Sulphate (MG/L)...................................<35
TDS (MG/L)..........................................95
Total Residual chlorine (MG/L)...............0.05-0.10
Nitrate (MG/L)...................................<1
Nitrite (MG/L)......................................0.01
Amonia (MG/L)....................................<0.02
Phosphate (MG/L).................................<0.02
Aluminium (MG/L)................................<0.1
Iron (MG/L)..........................................<0.05
Floride (MG/L)......................................0.8-1.0

Total Coliforms (MPN/100ml)................<1
E.coli (MPN/100ml)..............................<1
Heterotrophic plate count 22c (CFU/ml)..<20
Heterotrophic plate count 37c (CFU/ml)..<20

Odour.................................................none
Taste..................................................none

Magnesium (mg/L)................................1.5
Calcium (mg/L)....................................18-20
Total Alkalinity (mg CaCO3/l)................28
Calcium Hardness (mg CaCO3/l)............45-50
Total Hardness (mg CaCO3/l)................55

Saturation ph......................................8.7-9.2
Langelier.............................................-2.0-1.5
Ryznar.................................................10.2-11.2

This is old info but it might give people an idea of what is in their water.
Yuck.

fair play to you platty ...a lot more detail than what they gave me over the phone!

Panda ask them for a report to be sent out to you.
You are intitled to this through the freedom of information act.
But this dosent mean they will give you the info you want and you can expect a bit of a runaround.
If you do get anymore info will you post it here. I would do it myself but they HATE me :shock:
Cheers, platty.

wll do platy...on the case! did u change your sand yet?

Fair play panda
I can change my sand anytime. So when you want some i will change it then.
The eirlier you put it into your tank the better.

is that Des Berkley ?

Yeah, Des Bartley.

I live in Coolock too and my........
ph is 7.2
gh is 16
kh is 3
no2 is 0
no3 is 0.

i live in clontarf, my warter stats are:

pH-7
ammonia-0
nitrIte-0
nitrAte-5
gh-4
kh-1
fe-.2
but dont trust fe read as no matter what i test its always the same.

You said your kh is 1.
Do you have trouble maintaning your ph.

What does fe stand for. :roll:

pH always around 6.8/7 in the tank depends if i take care of it or not, :shock: thats a read with liquid & with a pH meter. kh in the tank is 4.
fe=iron

KH of 1?

gH and kH Range Suitable Fish
0º - 3º (0 - 50 ppm) arowanas, elephant nose, killifish, hatchet fish, Amazon/South American fish, including tetras, dwarf cichlids, geophagines, Ancistrus spp.
3º - 6º (50 - 100 ppm) most tropical fish including Central American cichlids, East African Riverine species, gouramis, sharks, loaches, barbs, rainbows, African tetras
6º - 11º (100 - 200 ppm) most live bearers including guppies, mollies, swordtails and platies, goldfish, Lake Victorian cichlids
11º - 22º (200 - 400 ppm) Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyikan cichlids, brackish fish including scats, monos and puffers

Sorry,I didnt realise there was another page,I see you ammended the KH = 1 thing...sorry.

From the tap in Walkinstown.........
ph..7.2
gh..2.24
kh..1.68
amonia..0
nitrite..0
nitrate..0
phosphate..<0.1

I increase the kh to 4-4.5 before water changes.

I live in Donabate and my PH is 7.8 with GH of 180. My parents live in Coolock and their GH is 80. I believe Balbriggan is nearly off the scale when it comes to water hardness.

Yep.
I moved there last year, our water, well, you could stand a spoon in it.
I rang FCC to get it tested and got the runaround from the guy, basically quoting Legislation to me saying that they don't have to do anything about hardness!!! I'm going to test my water now.

Is hardness a fish killer?

Is hardness a fish killer?

Yes, potentially. It will seriously stress fish that need soft water so you need to choose your fish carefully.

You could soften your water, but you need to ensure that it remains stable. It's better to match your fish to your water than vice-versa.