What's the PPM of your tap water?

[Kip22]

Just curious what the PPM of people's tap water is out there? Is there an ideal number? How high is too high to use without doing your own treatment

My meter always reads under 5. I thought it was fubar but I checked the city report and they show it always under 30ppm and often under 10 which is as low as they report.

Cheers!

 

[Scientific]

You have extremely soft water. As you probably know, you may want to consider adding a calcium and magnesium supplement to your grow water since there is none in your tap water.

To answer your question, my PPM from the tap is 28, but that's because our water here in the rain soaked Pacific Northwest is so soft that the city water utility adds some minerals to protect the pipes (like to stop lead in solder from leaching into the water and then into us).

 

[LiveAndLetGro]

Mine is around 70-80 PPM

 

[Kip22]

You have extremely soft water. As you probably know, you may want to consider adding a calcium and magnesium supplement to your grow water since there is none in your tap water.

To answer your question, my PPM from the tap is 28, but that's because our water here in the rain soaked Pacific Northwest is so soft that the city water utility adds some minerals to protect the pipes (like to stop lead in solder from leaching into the water and then into us).

Ah okay yes that makes sense. I'm also in the pacific northwest. And yes I've been adding cal mag to the nutes.

 

[Scientific]

I'm also in the pacific northwest.

I guessed as much. Best water in the country!

 

[Weezze]

Here it is at 130ppm!
but I use it in my DWC with no problem...