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Water Analysis



I finally harassed my Water Company into giving me a report. Would anyone 
care to comment? I'm interested to know what everyone thinks. I'm especially 
hoping Roger Miller will chime in about sodium. And what would create 
bicarbonate levels like that? How would you "fix" this water for a South 
American or Southeast Asian tank?

Aluminum					< 0.04 mg/l
Arsenic						< 0.0020
Barium						   0.004
Cadmium					< 0.0012
Chromium					   0.02
Copper						< 0.006
Iron							< 0.012
Lead						< 0.001
Manganese					< 0.008
Mercury					< 0.00027
Nickel						< 0.02
Selenium					< 0.002
Silver						< 0.01
Sodium						   238.00
Antimony					< 0.002
Beryllium					< 0.001
Thallium					< 0.001
Zinc						< 0.02
Calcium					   1
Chloride					   21
Fluoride					   1
Magnesium					< 1
Total Nitrate				< 0.01
Sodium						   268  (again? Why 
different?)
Sulfate					         97
Total Hardness as CaCO3	< 2
pH							   8.8
Dil.Conduct (umhos/cm)		   1148
Tot. Alka. as CaCO3		   454
Bicarbonate					   503
Carbonate					   25
Dissolved Solids			   660
P. Alkalinity as CaCO3		   21 (what does this mean?)
Residual Chlorine Not Detected

TIA

Cheryl Hofmann
Oak Point, TX