What is your TDS at home?

[Bartman]

Hello,

I tried doing a search here but couldn't find anything. I'm curious what others have found their local TDS to be. I'm particularly curious about others here in Langley. The reason is that I just got a new TDS meter from Aquasafe to test my RO unit and I was expecting to find our water to have >100ppm TDS but the meter says my cold water from the tap is 14ppm TDS and my hot water is 24ppm TDS. I'm not sure if these numbers are accurate. If they are I expect this means my RO membrane should last quite some time.

[RonPeter]

My tap water here in Winfield is 201 ppm on my TDS meter.

[DanG]

Here in Winnipeg I get 67ppm from the cold water. I've never measured from the hot. After my aquasafe rodi is done with it, it fluctuates between 0 and 1 ppm.

[TheReefGeek]

Edmonton has been running 140-150ppm cold. My rodi eats it down to zero.

[Invigor]

318 in regina, 3ppm outta my rodi unit.

[Denis]

Hi Scott,

I got dual TDS meter (J&L), 9 coming in 0 out of RO, I don't bother measuring after the DI. I was also questioning the accuracy of this meter.
I have been using my membrane for 3 years.

[GMGQ]

The GVRD has awesome water. I'm in Vancouver, and from the tap, my water is around 012.

The good thing about this is that you wont have to change the RO/DI filters as often.

So it just blows me away when I see posts in the States saying their tap water is reading a few HUNDRED. :S

[fkshiu]

Yep, I've seen my TDS get as low as around 10 ppm here in East Van. Your RO/DI membranes/filters/resins will last a lot longer because there's simply not very much stuff to remove.

[Willow]

mines about 12-13, ive seen it as low as 9.

[rickjames]

24 here in Duncan, 499+ out of my parents well in Prince George :eek: The hardest water ever....

[4ptbuck]

I am about 12 in Richmond

[seashells]

The GVRD water is 10 ppm TDS White Rock water is 100ppm TDS. We test with a Myron meter which is calibrated regularly.

[Paverdude]

Last time my well water was tested was 2400 ppm tds, nice eh

after setelment tank, clorine treatment, softener, and rodi i get 57

[Willow]

dang i hope you dont drink that!

[StirCrazy]

anywhere from 7ppm to 17ppm.

Steve

[untamed]

Yup...so low here in Coquitlam that I stopped bothering to measure it. I too thought that my TDS meter wasn't working correctly when I first got it.

[AC33]

The tds here in Richmond is very low, which is why I only use a DI filter. The "tap water purifier" DI filter lasts a very long time before it needs to be replaced due to our low tds.

[Samw]

Yeah, my TDS measured about 5 and I also thought my meter was faulty.

[Bartman]

Last time my well water was tested was 2400 ppm tds, nice eh

after setelment tank, clorine treatment, softener, and rodi i get 57

Ouch!



So then 14 isn't out of line down here? I guess I shouldn't get too worried when my kids drink out of the tap. :)

[Paverdude]

Ya i get to buy bottled water

my wife has a cist in her kidney we think is from the water (she moved out here when she was 14, no ro back then)

[Paverdude]

I also have 2 1250 gallon tanks in my basement for delivered water from calgary, you think you have hummidity problems!

[Fish]

Wow! Mine is about 220PPM and the ro/di filter takes is down to single digits.

- Chad

[Joe Reefer]

189ppm before
0-1ppm after ro/di

[Skimmerking]

Man some high readings I think ours is is around 400 i thinki n Brandon. Not sure going t ocheck thou hear i thought that well water and Mountain water was the best in B.C it can get up there...... So soft water is the best i take it right.

I thought about getting a water softner for my house will that do anything to the water. and then If I run it thru the RO machine..

[Shy_Koi]

400+ out of the tap (town treated water, out of the Whitemud River)
3-5 after RO/DI

TDS goes through the roof during spring break up though - can't see the bottom of the bathtub for a few weeks :eek:

~Tamara

[Ruth]

Mine is about 1500ppm from my well. I priced out getting a RO/DI system to be able to properly treat my water and it priced out at over $5000 plus I would have needed to add another room to my house (no basement) to house all the "stuff". I just buy bottled water which is a PITA with the amount of tanks I have.
If and when I build an addition to my house it will have a water treatment system in it.

[mark]

Fish aside, with some of those big numbers, what's the cut off for people (Provincal guidelines etc)?

[Gizmo]

150ppm out of the tap here. My AquaFX Barracuda takes that to a steady 000ppm every time. I use culligan distilled water for major water changes though.