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Re: Water Quality
>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:35:25 EDT
>From: IbeToto at aol_com
>For those that want to check the water quality in their area, try this web
>site. It covers most of the major cities around the world.
>http://www.awwa.org/utility.cfm
Larry! Thanks, man, that put me onto a full analysis of my tap water
within seconds. Just as I thought, it contains *nothing* of value to
plants, eg. the iron guideline here is 0.3mg/l but actual content is
<0.02mg/l; sodium 300mg/l but contains 11mg/l and so on.
Calcium is shown as 6.8mg/l - what level is normally considered
beneficial to plants?
Also, with such a low mineral content, why is pH swinging between 7.2
and 8.5? What causes higher pH with very soft water?
Cheers
Charlie
Charlie Lear
Melbourne, Australia