Whats the TDS of your local tap water?

[LoJack]

Just curious what everyone has for tapwater.

I always knew Thompson had good water. We're a mining town and the mine owns the treatment plant. They need pure water because of their instruments, and it wasn't cost effective to build a second plant so we get the same water as them in our homes.

I think I wasted money on my RO unit a few months ago. Hopefully its pulling out stuff that isn't measured by a TDS meter.

Mine is .001 going into the unit and .000 coming out of the unit.

I suppose at least I won't be buying filters all that often lol.

Oh I also have the Bulk Reef Supply 5 Stage Plus system.

 

[AliciaP]

Mine is 200+ going in! I wish it was as low as yours!

 

[AcroporAddict]

Greater Atlanta, Georgia is 38-41. RO membranes and DI resin last about forever around here. FW fish like Discus breed in straight tap water (dechlorinated of course!).

 

[reefling]

700ish its horrible

 

[Maaka]

Mine is around 200

 

[barry_keith]

Greater Atlanta, Georgia is 38-41. RO membranes and DI resin last about forever around here

+1

I'm about 40 miles north of Atlanta and mine reads 45 out of the tap


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[jarrett shark]

Only 60 in New York
That's the strange thing

 

[bellis31]

Mine is around 230, I find that if I use my RO unit after I water the lawn I can get it down to about 170... All I really care about is getting 000 after the DI...

 

[shiladitya1991]

TDS is around 170 here in Calcutta

 

[Andrew]

560-575 here and FULL of iron

 

[a.browning]

227 in Dayton Ohio
126 in Columbus Ohio

It's crazy how low some of your numbers are!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Just curious what everyone has for tapwater.

I always knew Thompson had good water. We're a mining town and the mine owns the treatment plant. They need pure water because of their instruments, and it wasn't cost effective to build a second plant so we get the same water as them in our homes.

I think I wasted money on my RO unit a few months ago. Hopefully its pulling out stuff that isn't measured by a TDS meter.

Mine is .001 going into the unit and .000 coming out of the unit.

I suppose at least I won't be buying filters all that often lol.

Oh I also have the Bulk Reef Supply 5 Stage Plus system.

Do you mean you have 1 ppm TDS in your tap water? I think there may be an error in your testing as I think that is pretty unlikely. Maybe 1 ppm TDS after the RO, however.

 

[markalot]

I just finished hooking up my new RODI unit.

Florence, KY (Cincinnati water works)

My handheld TDS meter reads 185 from the faucet. The spectrapure meter reads 5 for the input, which might be after the first stage, unclear on that.

 

[mgargiullo]

Central NJ here... It averages 78, but our town pipes suck (iron everywhere) so the first stage of my rodi gets changed every other month.

 

[lecher]

26-36 ppm

 

[Signal151]

I'm also in the north Atlanta area and read 43-45ppm consistently. More importantly, 0.0 coming out of the RO/DI unit.

 

[LoJack]

Do you mean you have 1 ppm TDS in your tap water? I think there may be an error in your testing as I think that is pretty unlikely. Maybe 1 ppm TDS after the RO, however.

yup someone else has pointed this out as well. I feel like a goof for sure.

The TDS meter is inline with my DI canister ... so the In is after 3 stages of RO lol

I'll test the tap with a handheld to see where its at haha. How could I have missed something so obvious

 

[Balletomane]

460 and change coming out of our well. Our RO unit gets it down to 26. so I still have to buy water for top off.

 

[jcw]

89ppm suburb of chicago

Funny thing though, it's been 12+ months and my post RO is 0-1 and post DI is 0 and I haven't changed filters.

I bought this used and the previous owner said he made maybe 400g with it.

A shout out for vertex puratek!

 

[tmc1313]

Runs ~75 here in Central Connecticut.