High Ph in tap water?

[member 99594]

Hey everyone!!

just wanted to ask a quick question here about Ph levels from my tap water.

I am planning a 60 gallon cube. I have not started but was told the water near me was typically reall hard thus high Ph. It’s about 9.3-10.

Do I need to worry about this or will I be fine just to run it through ro/di and good to go? Planning about 5 gallons a week or 10 every other for water changes.

 

[Ksull72487]

Hey everyone!!

just wantes to ask a quick question here about Ph levels from my tap water.

I am planning a 60 gallon cube. I have not started but was told the water near me was typically reall hard thus high Ph. It’s about 9.3-10.

Do I need to worry about this or will I be fine just to run it through ro/di and good to go? Planning about 5 gallons a week or 10 every other for water changes.

Tap Water normally is higher PH than people think. Spring water has a high PH during summer months as more minerals leach that raise the PH. Than winter months. As soon as you purify or distill it your going to drop that PH. It’s a guarantee. Not sure where you live or what your city does. But that’s pretty much a universal truth. Hard water may just weren’t more frequent replacements on you RO/DI setup.

I work for Primo Water Corporation. 5 years in sales and 2 in that truck. I spent more time lecturing people on purified vs distilled and PH when that took off. Then I did selling. Part of why I’m a driver now.

This is a good question and I can get really scientific really fast. You need to RO your water first then test, test, test.

Today’s market most people don’t understand why distilled is often a lower PH than Purified. Well minerals are added for taste. Tends to bump the PH. Spring Water from the source is higher PH. Lol more minerals. You may need to soften your water before you put it through RO. But the best option is to test it out. See what happens? My company does that non stop.

You’ll be fine! You may just be adjusting some things.

 

[member 99594]

Tap Water normally is higher PH than people think. Spring water has a high PH during summer months as more minerals leach that raise the PH. Than winter months. As soon as you purify or distill it your going to drop that PH. It’s a guarantee. Not sure where you live or what your city does. But that’s pretty much a universal truth. Hard water may just weren’t more frequent replacements on you RO/DI setup.

I work for Primo Water Corporation. 5 years in sales and 2 in that truck. I spent more time lecturing people on purified vs distilled and PH when that took off. Then I did selling. Part of why I’m a driver now.

This is a good question and I can get really scientific really fast. You need to RO your water first then test, test, test.

Today’s market most people don’t understand why distilled is often a lower PH than Purified. Well minerals are added for taste. Tends to bump the PH. Spring Water from the source is higher PH. Lol more minerals. You may need to soften your water before you put it through RO. But the best option is to test it out. See what happens? My company does that non stop.

You’ll be fine! You may just be adjusting some things.

would you recommend a 5 micron sediment and carbon or 1 micron? I have 1 of each and a single di canister. 75gpd. Thinking about upgrading to100 gpd. Thoughts?

 

[Ksull72487]

would you recommend a 5 micron sediment and carbon or 1 micron? I have 1 of each and a single di canister. 75gpd. Thinking about upgrading to100 gpd. Thoughts?

Good question? And I’ll have to ask the Relyant guys what they think. Lol. They deal with it. Their filtration. What’s the hardness like? TDS? Are you on city or well water? Etc.

 

[member 99594]

Good question? And I’ll have to ask the Relyant guys what they think. Lol. They deal with it. Their filtration. What’s the hardness like? TDS? Are you on city or well water? Etc.

We are on city water. TDS is about 56-80 or so. The water is hard. First thing we noticed , well my wife noticed. Lol.

 

[Ksull72487]

would you recommend a 5 micron sediment and carbon or 1 micron? I have 1 of each and a single di canister. 75gpd. Thinking about upgrading to100 gpd. Thoughts?

Generally too the smaller the micron the better. Your probably going to be dosing anyways.

 

[Ksull72487]

We are on city water. TDS is about 56-80 or so. The water is hard. First thing we noticed , well my wife noticed. Lol.

Do you soften the water before it goes through RO?

 

[Ksull72487]

We are on city water. TDS is about 56-80 or so. The water is hard. First thing we noticed , well my wife noticed. Lol.

The TDS is 56-80 on city tap that’s honestly pretty good. RO is gonna soften then water to some degree but it’s gonna warrant you to replace the membrane etc faster. Not a huge deal. I think your okay! If I’m verifying this correctly.

 

[Ksull72487]

The TDS is 56-80 on city tap that’s honestly pretty good. RO is gonna soften then water to some degree but it’s gonna warrant you to replace the membrane etc faster. Not a huge deal. I think your okay! If I’m verifying this correctly.

After RO you should be close to nothing. Purified water from my company will test 16-23 dissolved solids due to the fact we add Pottassium and Calcium and Magnesium back for taste good stuff. If your 50-80 on city that’s crazy good. If that’s after RO I’d suggest replacing or going with a better micron rating. Perfect world you soften the water before you put it through RO as it saves the RO membrane. But in a house it’s not always the way to go and hard water will get softened by just RO itself. It just wears things out faster meaning more frequent replacement on your cartridges and higher TDS if you don’t.

If I got this right I think. Your good to go.

 

[member 99594]

After RO you should be close to nothing. Purified water from my company will test 16-23 dissolved solids due to the fact we add Pottassium and Calcium and Magnesium back for taste good stuff. If your 50-80 on city that’s crazy good. If that’s after RO I’d suggest replacing or going with a better micron rating. Perfect world you soften the water before you put it through RO as it saves the RO membrane. But in a house it’s not always the way to go and hard water will get softened by just RO itself. It just wears things out faster meaning more frequent replacement on your cartridges and higher TDS if you don’t.

If I got this right I think. Your good to go.

That’s great to hear. We don’t soften the water coming out of the tap.

I’ll just practice good flushing of the membrane and keep and eye on the filters as I go.

thank you for your help.