It pays to test your water

[nobby]

It pays to test your water for Alkalinity and not realy on the Water Company web site. They say 105 PPM, last time I brewed the test said 125ppm. Did a brew on Saturday and it tested 59 PPM. I would not have thought there would be so much diffrence. I did it twice just to make sure.

[nigebeer]

Hi Guys,

This has made me wonder regarding "actual" Alkalinity levels versus water company reports, according to Anglian Water website the alkalinity in mg/l CaCO3 in my area is 303 which seems very high, and I am a bit concerned having to adjust this with large amounts of CRS /AMS.

Is there any easy way to carry out a home test?

Thanks for your help.

[Scooby]

Is there any easy way to carry out a home test?

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[PureGuiness]

I was going to do some basic water treatment for my next brew but I already had concerns about the figures from the water board report and the report for my local area looked like they only measured alkalinity once so the was only 1 figure.

I've just invested in one of these water testing kits now so that I can test it's ok without relying on the reports. Water treatment will probably have to wait a while now though.

Thanks for the info!