Current tap water TDS readings of BC

[Megalodon]

Does anybody know the TDS of Surrey-Delta's tap water at the moment?

Has anyone ever tested the RO/carbon/UV water we can get in bottles from Save on Foods or Safeway? Anyone have any experience with it at all?

I know as of a year and a half ago, according to at least one person, our tap water was about 14. That's good, because in America it's considered good when it comes out at 150. Do your RO/DI units last longer?

What does everyone else's tap water read at?

[zulu_principle]

im in ladner/tilbury and its 14.


Wendell

[cowfish]

the RO water at Save On Foods (Ironwood in Richmond) is 3 ppm.
Vancouver water is around 14ppm, but is said to be very high in silth.

[Veng68]

If you just use the tapwater purifier you get around 300 gallons of purified water before you have to recharge the resins.

Cheers,
Victor Veng68

[robbyville]

Surprisingly Whistler comes in at almost 30ppm, mind you since most of our water is glacial fed perhaps it does not go through the cleaning that some cities use.

My resins seem to last for over 9 months, most recently I changed them when water started to read close to 12ppm

Rob

[Samw]

I used to get 8 on my TDS meter from tapwater. I recalibrated in Feb and now I get 2. My RO water is 0.

[Megalodon]

Wow, tap water in Vancouver is 2?

[robbyville]

Just decided to have fun and measure the TDS in Whistler with all the rain going on. Tap water came in at about 70ppm!

Hey anyone know how a TDS meter loses calibration? Maybe that's my problem!

Rob

[Veng68]

with all the rain the TDS may have risen. Our water down here has a noticably yellow/light brown hue after the heavy rain.

Cheers,
Victor Veng68

[Bryan]

Which is why I always wondered why reefkeepers in the Lower Mainland even bother with RO filter equipment. DI is the way to go.

Originally Posted by Veng68

If you just use the tapwater purifier you get around 300 gallons of purified water before you have to recharge the resins.

Cheers,
Victor Veng68