To those who know water pH testing/analysis:
Ok, so long story short, I'm having issues with my new local water authority in getting exactly what I need in order to compare local analysis to target style. To keep it simple, here's what I have:
pH - 6.94 (I'll check that with my meter, but sounds about right after my last mash hitting 5.1 with the malts used.)
Chloride - 16.1 mg/l
Sulfate - 7.4 mg/l
Sodium - 4.0 mg/l
Alkalinity - 112 average ppm (but I'm not sure if that's "as Hardness CaCO3" or "Bicarbonate HCO3" - they won't reply to that)
Hardness - 114 average ppm (same issue)
In a separate email they mentioned Total Hardness as (Ca, Mg, Bicarbonate, and Carbonate combined) at 135 mg/l average. Apparently they don't test for those Additional Parameters here, so getting such from a local engineer isn't an option.
From pulling out my brewing library and trying to pull Ca and Mg mathematically, it appears that's a no go. Question(s) here: Can I deduct Ca and Mg from what I have....and if not, any suggestions to getting these values? Lastly, is there a way to decipher whether or not the aforementioned Alkalinity is in terms of CaCO3 or HCO3? If it's easier to run a one on one discussion, please feel free to contact me! Thank you ahead of time for any insight my friends.
Ok, so long story short, I'm having issues with my new local water authority in getting exactly what I need in order to compare local analysis to target style. To keep it simple, here's what I have:
pH - 6.94 (I'll check that with my meter, but sounds about right after my last mash hitting 5.1 with the malts used.)
Chloride - 16.1 mg/l
Sulfate - 7.4 mg/l
Sodium - 4.0 mg/l
Alkalinity - 112 average ppm (but I'm not sure if that's "as Hardness CaCO3" or "Bicarbonate HCO3" - they won't reply to that)
Hardness - 114 average ppm (same issue)
In a separate email they mentioned Total Hardness as (Ca, Mg, Bicarbonate, and Carbonate combined) at 135 mg/l average. Apparently they don't test for those Additional Parameters here, so getting such from a local engineer isn't an option.
From pulling out my brewing library and trying to pull Ca and Mg mathematically, it appears that's a no go. Question(s) here: Can I deduct Ca and Mg from what I have....and if not, any suggestions to getting these values? Lastly, is there a way to decipher whether or not the aforementioned Alkalinity is in terms of CaCO3 or HCO3? If it's easier to run a one on one discussion, please feel free to contact me! Thank you ahead of time for any insight my friends.