is my water ok to use?

[Kush Killer]

heres a current water quality report on my tap water... i dont know it ifs good,ok,soso,or bad, or dont use quality... for any input

Mineral Analysis
Average Level
Detected Range of Levels Detected
Unit of
Measurement
pH 8.82 8.57-9.10 pH units
Alkalinity (total) as CaCO3 108 50-148 ppm
Aluminum 0.05 <0.02-0.15 ppm
Calcium 48 38-56 ppm
Chloride 27 17-43 ppm
Color (in cobalt platinum units) 2 1-5 ppm
Dissolved Solids 430 366-494 ppm
Hardness (total) as CaCO3 10 9-13 grains per gallon
Iron 0.04 <0.02-0.14 ppm
Magnesium 13 7-25 ppm
Manganese <0.02 <0.02-0.02 ppm
Phosphate 0.13 <0.05-0.33 ppm
Silica 21.8 4.7-31.3 ppm
Spec. Conductance @25 deg. C. 557 455-700 umhos
Temperature 14.9 1.1-26.6 degrees Celsius

Regulated Contaminants
Turbidity 0.38 99.7% NTU n/a 1 No Soil run-off.
Disinfectants & Disinfectant By-Products *MCL is based on a system-wide running annual average of
several samples.
Highest
Average
Detected
Range
of Levels
Detected
Unit of
Measurement
MCLG MCL
Violation?
Likely Source of
Contamination
Total Haloacetic Acids
(HAA5) 23.1 7.7-66.5 ppb n/a 60* No
By-product of
drinking water
chlorination.

Total Trihalomethanes
(TTHMs) 49.5 21-123.5 ppb n/a 80* No
By-product of
drinking water
chlorination.
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic 5 ppb
Barium 0.10 ppm
Chromium 7.11 2 ppb

Copper 1.3 ppm
Fluoride 1.09 ppm
Nitrate-Nitrite 2.3 ppm
Selenium 7.88 ppm
Sodium (state
requirement) 78 ppm

Radioactive Contaminants **MCL is based on Gross alpha excluding radon and uranium.
Gross Alpha including
Radon and Uranium 6.0 pCi
Radium (Ra 226 +
Ra 228) 2.5 <0.8-2.5 pCi/l 0 5 No Erosion of natural
deposits.
Synthethic Organic Contaminants (including pesticides and herbicides) ***MCL is based on a running
average for one year. ****Not detected on previous and subsequent confirmation tests.
Atrazine 0.19 <0.08-0.92 ppb 3 3*** No
Run-off from herbicide
used on row
crops.
Di(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate (May 10, 2010) 170**** <2.0-170 ppb 0 6 No
Heptachlor Expoxide
(June 7, 2010) 90**** <0.04-90 ppt 0 200 No Breakdown of
heptachlor.
Volatile Organic Contaminants *****Not detected on previous and subsequent confirmation tests. Source not
used since 2008.
Xylenes, meta and para
(May 3, 2010) 0.0007***** <0.0005-0.0007 ppm 10 10 No

Bromochloroacetic acid 5.67 3.42-10.7 ppb
Bromodichloromethane 13.4 5.77-25.0 ppb
Bromoform 0.76 <0.5-1.29 ppb
Chloroform 28.4 6.6-92.0 ppb
Dibromoacetic acid 1.87 0.65-2.88 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 6.48 1.36-9.74 ppb
Dichoroacetic acid 14.6 4.3-46.1 ppb
Metolachlor 0.11 <0.1-0.4 ppb
Monobromoacetic acid 1.07 <1.0-2.69 ppb
Monochloroacetic acid 2.21 <2.0-4.13 ppb
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) 0.0023 <0.0020-0.0039 ppb
Nickel 0.00222 0.00193-0.00269 ppm
Radium-226 <0.1 0-0.1 pCi/l
Radium-228 1.0 0-2.5 pCi/l
Sulfate 110 75-213 ppm
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) 3.63 2.70-5.40 ppm
Trichloroacetic acid 5.1 1.1-15.3 ppb

 

[Wingman420]

Re: is my water ok ok to use?

Hey Kush Killer I appreciate you posting all that info and many members may be able to decipher it but I usually try to grow first and then use additives if needed.
Great question +Rep

 

[Vapedogg223]

Re: is my water ok ok to use?

I'm certainly no water expert...and to make matters worse I'm a soil grower, but I'll throw my 2 cents in until someone can chime in with a better answer.

Obviously the pH is high... It would be okay for me, because a properly constructed soil mix buffers pH, but you'll need to adjust that for hydro.

Also seems to be moderately hard, so no need for CalMag.

Total Alkalinity is borderline...ideally you would like to be under 60 ppm (if memory serves) looks like your water ranges between 50-148. This is the most important number on the whole report in my book. It's the total concentration of bases in the water. If the TA is too high you can correct pH but still have problems.

I would probably recommend you dilute with RO water to keep your TA In the acceptable range (and need to add less pH down).

Just my thoughts...

 

[OG13]

Re: is my water ok ok to use?

I'm w/ Fratdog.....cut 50/50 w/ RO and you may not need any cal/mag supplement then. If you don't have a RO filter now, you may want to do a test grow to see how the genectics and fertilizer you choose works with what you have. Just understand you may have to do something if you have problems (get an RO setup)

 

[Kush Killer]

Thanksfor replies guys, I have another thred in problems,pest,diseases, in reguards to this issue as well. I think next res. Change ill run 50\50 ro\tap... I'm haing very slow growth an mayb someone could go look at my other thread check out the pic and reply?

 

[IndoorHaze]

Your water has a lot of minerals that RO water users pay money for, so that's a plus. Not sure about the alkalinity issue, so will defer to others. As to ph down, save a lot of money and buy distilled white vinegar. I pay about $1.50 a quart. My tap water is 7.8, and I run at 5.8 and less than a half tsp per gallon for ph control.

 

[kaome]

Any pictures I post are from legal grows used with consent of the grower for illustration.