The worst TDS

jhoop · Apr 19, 2016

170 - 180 Well Water.

hejjo · Apr 19, 2016

450 Chicago Illinois. :/

Steve Dillon · Apr 19, 2016

that Reef Guy said:
I read somewhere it is 1,200 in Arizona.

Here in Michigan it is around 100

Thats unreal.. "well theres 20 gallons time to change the filters"..lol

Rob.D · Apr 19, 2016

I've never checked mine, I'll have to check the new house when I set everything up.

Steve Dillon · Apr 19, 2016

Rob.D said:
I've never checked mine, I'll have to check the new house when I set everything up.

How the floor?

120reefkeeper · Apr 19, 2016

Where I used to live it was 800 average , north central Illinois . Where I am now its about 100, NW Indiana .

Steve Dillon · Apr 19, 2016

I cant imagine levels that high..

AZDesertRat · Apr 19, 2016

560 to 900 depending on the season and source blends here in Phoenix. The southwest parts of the Valley can exceed 1200-1600.
The number really doesn't tell the story though, it could be all calcium or other beneficial elements or it could be all phosphates, silicates or copper. That's the problem with TDS measurement, it's not anything specific, only that something or some things electrically conductive are present. This is why 0 TDS is your goal so you know you only have pure water and nothing else. 3 TDS could be calcium or magnesium or it could be silicates, you have no idea.

Steve Dillon · Apr 19, 2016

AZDesertRat said:
560 to 900 depending on the season and source blends here in Phoenix. The southwest parts of the Valley can exceed 1200-1600.
The number really doesn't tell the story though, it could be all calcium or other beneficial elements or it could be all phosphates, silicates or copper. That's the problem with TDS measurement, it's not anything specific, only that something or some things electrically conductive are present. This is why 0 TDS is your goal so you know you only have pure water and nothing else. 3 TDS could be calcium or magnesium or it could be silicates, you have no idea.

Agreed but its interesting to me how they vary so much.

JMacedo · Apr 19, 2016

Steve Dillon said:
No need to apologize I wanted to know everyone's. But im glad I have good water. Lol yall must change filters and di often?

I am using changing color resin and changing filters every 150-200gl as the water is at about 170ppm these days, but I know I am about to run into problems as we are hit by the worst drought in a decade or so.

Normally, the flow of water from the rains and dams keeps saltwater from the Gulf of Thailand at bay. But during droughts, the saltwater creeps upstream, turning the Chao Phraya river brackish and then hit us hard.

Well, I am getting used to it, during summer I always store 100gl of ro/di water to help me cope with the situation.