Is my tap water ok?

[Noobstar]

Edit: I realized I posted 2 test (2 different wells) the well my tap comes from is the (TWF) results

So with my plants getting larger and soon to be repotted I’m going to be using my tap water over the bottled water I was using.
I have my local water test results here and I was wondering if someone with more experience in this subject could chime in.

The chlorine residual has me a little concerned. Is this tap water going to be ok with my organic soil?? Thanks, you wonderful people.

 

[Rickcin]

Edit: I realized I posted 2 test (2 different wells) the well my tap comes from is the (TWF) results

So with my plants getting larger and soon to be repotted I’m going to be using my tap water over the bottled water I was using.
I have my local water test results here and I was wondering if someone with more experience in this subject could chime in.
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The chlorine residual has me a little concerned. Is this tap water going to be ok with my organic soil?? Thanks, you wonderful people.

I thought that if the wat sits for 24 hours, most all of the chlorine is gone.

Could someone confirm this, please

 

[chemistry]

My water is PH 7.0 - 280ppm out of the tap, I just leave the lid off the bucket/barrel for 24 hours and its good to go.

 

[MilkyTrichomes]

Is it chlorine or chloramine? Plain chlorine will be removed by leaving it open to air for about 24 hrs or throw an airstone with a pump and bubble it off. Chloramine is chlorine bonded with ammonia. You need to chemically break that bond, usually with carbon filter. I have used humic acids and citric acid to neutralize the chlorine but wtf happens to the ammonia?

 

[Ponky]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01904160903242417 water seems fine. How close is the closest mine?

 

[MilkyTrichomes]

Is it chlorine or chloramine? Plain chlorine will be removed by leaving it open to air for about 24 hrs or throw an airstone with a pump and bubble it off. Chloramine is chlorine bonded with ammonia. You need to chemically break that bond, usually with carbon filter. I have used humic acids and citric acid to neutralize the chlorine but wtf happens to the ammonia?

***Correction - NOT citric acid but ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

 

[freezeland2]

I thought that if the wat sits for 24 hours, most all of the chlorine is gone.

Could someone confirm this, please

That should do it. My bags of commercial organic living soil states let water sit 24 hrs to off gas if chlorine is present.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

The easiest way to handle water issues is get a carbon filter (Pur, Brita or whatever is in your area) and filter your water.
That will take care of 99% of water issues.

 

[Noobstar]

Thank you for all the replies everyone, I love this site and I love your help.

 

[Noobstar]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01904160903242417 water seems fine. How close is the closest mine?

Closest mine? Did you mean closest water well? If so it’s 2.7 miles from my house

 

[Madbud]

Look how many people water gardens with hoses. I think soil is very forgiving. My tap is raised by the city to a pH of 8 to prevent corrosion. Its not ideal but it works. I settle the water for 24 hours for cannabis but the flowers and tomatoes do fine straight from the hose.

 

[freezeland2]

Look how many people water gardens with hoses. I think soil is very forgiving. My tap is raised by the city to a pH of 8 to prevent corrosion. Its not ideal but it works. I settle the water for 24 hours for cannabis but the flowers and tomatoes do fine straight from the hose.

Organic living soil contains microorganisms that chlorine will kill.

 

[Madbud]

Organic living soil contains microorganisms that chlorine will kill.

Debatable

1548 – Impact of Watering Lawns and Gardens with Chlorinated Water – PlantTalk Colorado

planttalk.colostate.edu

 

[GrowHobo]

I think we establish chlorine is easy to take care of so it’s really a non issue if your worried about chloramines get a Hydrologic Smallboy with the upgraded kdf85 filter and boom your good to go. 100$ Well spent imo. There are cheaper filter setups on eBay also but I can’t speak to the effectiveness.

 

[freezeland2]

Debatable

1548 – Impact of Watering Lawns and Gardens with Chlorinated Water – PlantTalk Colorado

planttalk.colostate.edu

You do you. I’ll off gas my water before it goes in my soil.

 

[Noobstar]

Little update,
I decided to buy this hose filter:

I’m pretty sure this will take care of all my concerns. Thank you everyone for chiming in. Keep on farming.

 

[Aqua Man]

That's a tiny amount of chlorine.... it will not harm anything and chlorine is actually a micro nutrient.

You have 0.09pmm, max in tap water is 4ppm and even that's fine to use. See where it's says the max values 4

It's chlorine so can be off gassed in probably a couple hrs at those levels with aeration.

Chloramine needs to be treaded to remove which is what most municipalities use these days. But like I say chlorine in tap water is absolutely of no concern. The only time I would bother treating is if using it for a tea and near the max of 4ppm

 

[Noobstar]

That's a tiny amount of chlorine.... it will not harm anything and chlorine is actually a micro nutrient.

You have 0.09pmm, max in tap water is 4ppm and even that's fine to use. See where it's says the max values 4

It's chlorine so can be off gassed in probably a couple hrs at those levels with aeration.

Chloramine needs to be treaded to remove which is what most municipalities use these days. But like I say chlorine in tap water is absolutely of no concern. The only time I would bother treating is if using it for a tea and near the max of 4ppm

Ok I’m most likely going to cancel the order on that filter then.
There wasn’t any chloramine on my local water test so I’m assuming it just isn’t there. This small amount of chlorine might even be beneficial?
I’ve been reading a lot and there is a lot of 50/50 split opinions, so it can be confusing. I’ve seen you in a lot of posts and it seems you know your stuff. Thanks for chiming in.

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok I’m most likely going to cancel the order on that filter then.
There wasn’t any chloramine on my local water test so I’m assuming it just isn’t there. This small amount of chlorine might even be beneficial?
I’ve been reading a lot and there is a lot of 50/50 split opinions, so it can be confusing. I’ve seen you in a lot of posts and it seems you know your stuff. Thanks for chiming in.

Problem is many research answers and then accept them. That's a real issue in cannabis as there is more bioscience and misapplications of information then facts.

There is so much black and white while the real answers are all in the grey my friend.

Like I said of my ppm was 4 and I was brewing a nutrient tea that is water based thenni would consider ascorbic acid.

But chlorine and chloramine react with organics and are destroyed in the process.... there are so much organos in soil it's pretty much neutralized on contact and like I say it's the concentration that matters and 4ppm is nothing in soil.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

The only kind of water treatment you should ever really need is a basic carbon filter. We use the brand 'Pur'. It does everything we need.
More than that would be serious overkill.