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J. Steinhauer
New Member
Username: Jstein6870
Post Number: 115
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 02:40 pm: | 
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Anyone know of a good place to get water tested, especially in northeast Minnesota? I'd send it further, if necessary. I can't tell if U. of MN or a county extension does this. Websearches mostly yield scam artists trying to sell water filters. New house is on a well, and all I know is pH, coliforms, and organics are acceptable. The water tastes fine once through a charcoal filter. I have not tasted it unfiltered, yet (I haven't lived there yet), but I suspect the iron is very high.
I have one more week in this hell they call Houston.
Thanks,
Steinhauer |
Josef
New Member
Username: Josef
Post Number: 12
Registered: 08-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 01:34 am: |
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Use Ward Labs http://www.wardlab.com/ $15 for mineral analysis (Test W6) and very quick turn around for results. Others on the digest have recommended them and I would use them again. |
John Ferens
New Member
Username: John_ferens
Post Number: 20
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 03:32 pm: |
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Does the $24 "Household Complete Mineral Test" provide anything useful above the $15 "Mineral Test?" Iron seems to be the only additional item that might matter.
TIA,
John. |
Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 3068
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 03:33 pm: |
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I got test W-6 (the $15 one) and that's pretty much all you need to know.
LIfe begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Josef
New Member
Username: Josef
Post Number: 13
Registered: 08-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 04:42 pm: |
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Iron level in brewing water should be below .1 ppm and can cause problems at .2 ppm. I wouldn't worry about iron unless you know you have a high iron content. |
John Ferens
New Member
Username: John_ferens
Post Number: 21
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 06:15 pm: |
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Thanks Denny. |
J. Steinhauer
Junior Member
Username: Jstein6870
Post Number: 116
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 03:56 am: |
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If there is too much iron, you can probably taste it. For those not familiar, it tastes like blood, pretty much. Well water from South Lyon, Brighton or even Edenville, Michigan tastes like this, and so does that public artesian well by the old Ford Valve Plant in downtown Northville, Mich. If your toilet gets rust rings, your iron is high.
Being at the foot of the Iron Range, I suspect my iron content is pretty high, but I've only tasted the water on the other side of the charcoal filter. I didn't notice toilet rings in the house, but I thought tasting the water was important when considering the purchase. I'll probably opt for the bigger test, just to see how high the iron is. I may send multiple samples, filtered and unfiltered, as well as preboiled. Maybe I'll scoop some out of the lake, as well.
Thanks for the info. Seven days and counting!
Steinhauer |
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