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Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:04 pm**

Received my water report back from Ward Labs, don't know if this water is going to be worth messing with? Please advise...
PH 7.9
Dissolved Solids 574
Conductivity 574
Cations/Anions me/L 10.3/10.3
All results in PPM below:

Sodium Na 128

Potassium K <1

Calcium Ca 51

Magnesium Mg 26

Total Hardness CaCO3 236

Nitrate NO3-N 0.1

Sulfate SO4-S 34

Chloride Cl 99

Carbonate CO3 <1

Bicarbonate HCO3 329

Total Alkalinity CaCO3 270

Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:42 pm**

Its not that great. The Na is on the high side and the Mg is also getting up there. The Cl is on up there and the HCO3 is fairly high. Dilution is the only solution.

Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:46 pm**

That's alot of sodium .... and quite a bit of chloride ...... do you have a water softener? What is your water source?

Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:38 pm**

I have an electric water softener (no salt). I have a feeling since most of the houses around are pretty new and since I live on the delta that the salt water softeners are causing high sodium levels. Apparently they are supposed to ban then here shortly. Our water source is from local aquifiers.

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