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JayGee

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My municipal water report is an average of 4 quarterly reports.

PH: 7.7
TDS: 290

Is there any advantage in using a ceramic and carbon filter setup ($ 130 ) to reduce TDS or is a reverse osmosis ($ 300) or distillation the only way?

My plan was to just try my municipal water at a lil lower strength than recommended but thought id see what you folks think?

Btw, Im using AN Sensi coco nutes.
 
I'd go with the filter. You waste a lot of water with RO. I disconnected my Culligan RO system. Got tired of the gurgling, and the water bill.
 
That’s good quality water. No need to filter. RO is unnecessary for a hobby grow. You can use an active charcoal type filter to remove chloramines if desired.
 
Have also heard of just leaving the water sit for 24-36hr to evaporate the chlorine but your water seems dang good with probably a lot of good elements in it for the plant. Mine well at 8 ph and 658ppm I use RO
 
Modern day water uses Chloramines, won’t gas’s off like water in the past used to. So leaving it out to remove chlorine doesn’t work anymore.
 
Here's the list of chemicals they use. Looks like there's no chloramine.
 

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Chloramine is chloride with additional hydrogen elements. It’s what modern municipalities use to treat drinking water. Used to be chlorine gas...now it’s chloramine.
 
I was under the impression that chloramines were from adding ammonia hydroxide to the disinfecting process?

I guess a call tomorrow is still needed, lol
 
I believe that is close to how they manufacture chloramines.
Give the treatment plant a call. They can confirm what I am telling you.
 
As George4green commented let the chlorine evaporate for at least 24 hours. I do the same. I use water from the outdoor faucets to avoid the soft water lines indoors. So I have been bringing gallon jugs inside and letting them sit also warming the water. Your water does look better than most. Are you currently in a grow? How are your plants doing? Is there a problem you are trying to diagnose?
 
JayGee

Out of curiosity, do they give you a breakdown of what is in the water? (The 290 ppms)

a filter system would suit your purpose over an RO

I run DWC. House water from a well, my water measures ~850 ppm. It is potable, just a little salty for taste (and coffee)

instead of researching my options - I got an RO unit. Good deal, Amazon sale, does what I want it to. Makes water for my girls, coffee/drinking water. In that order 😁

using RO, the first thing I do is treat the water by adding silica and CAL-MAG.
Puts my RO at ~400 ppm

might be worth getting your water tested (just to see what is in it)


Green thoughts
 
I have a groundwater well, and municipal water, but wouldn't dare make coffee with either. Only Arrowhead for my Keurig. It's glyphosate free right?
 
Here is one page of the full report for 2018.
I went back a few years and ppms tested a lil higher back then, and the ph was a bit higher. The trend seems to be a decrease over the last few years(probably affected by precipitation and runoff?).
 

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Im starting my first grow. I have everything, just need to make sure I'm doing it right . 4 x 3 gallon fabric pots in a 4x4 tent. 480w qb288 (2× 240w boards). Canna coco is the medium.

Seeds: 2 x mephisto -chemdogging auto
1 x mephisto - northern cheese haze auto
1x dinafem- dinamex auto
 
Deal breaker 😣
250 ppm chloride

Cannabis doesn't need that much, but will take it and burn itself on it (behaves like a micronutrient) looks like nuteburn, so you flush - but only make it worse

You could use it in non-hydro, and water to 10-15% run off.
 
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"Im starting my first grow. I have everything, just need to make sure I'm doing it right . 4 x 3 gallon fabric pots in a 4x4 tent. 480w qb288 (2× 240w boards). Canna coco is the medium."

I believe this whole discussion to be verging on OCPD. Your water will be fine for cannabis. Bring the pH down, and you are good to go. Keep it simple. Good luck
 
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