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Date: 21 Sep 2006 19:26:38
From: Spitzbuben
Subject: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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So I live in Chicago... It took me FOREVER to find my water profile
online... leave it to city to make miles or red tape just to find out
the Mg level in my water...
So here is what I got:
Ca:32.5
Mg:11
Na:7
SO4:27
Cl:14
HCO3:65
Does that sound right?
Also, I filter my water... It's just a PUR water filter that attachs
to the faucet... I can't afford the under the counter filters, but my
question is, how does the filtering change the composition of the
water? The pH?
You guys have never let me down in your answers! Thanks so much!
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Date: 22 Sep 2006 18:34:50
From: Spitzbuben
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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try to google your public works dept for your county. If you have a
well (most likely not in FL) your totally out of luck. If you are
losing sleep over your water you can check out companys to send water
away and get an analysis on. It's about 15-20 bucks, but you get
everything you could want to know about it. especially lead....
You could also just get luck and see if someone else has posted it on
this forum....
hope this helps!
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Date: 23 Sep 2006 06:59:46
From: Dick Adams
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Chicago water is probably the cleanest water in the States!
Dick
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 14:48:52
From: Jack Schmidling
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Dick Adams wrote:
> Chicago water is probably the cleanest water in the States!
Depends on your definition of "clean" and I doubt it as all cities work
to pretty much the same standards.
However, Chicago water comes from Lake Michigan and is very "soft" water
which makes it very pleasant to drink and bathe in. If you let a
pitcher sit out overnight, the chlorine will outgas to the extent that
it is no longer detectable to the taste and very becomes very nice
drinking water.
For what it's worth, I moved from Chicago to Marengo which is about 50
miles west and found that my beer improved significantly. I use water
right from our well which has a lot of iron and sulfur smell to it.
The taste and smell are long gone by the time the beer is done but the
major difference seems to be that it clears much faster and more
thoroughly than when I lived in Chicago.
js
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Date: 23 Sep 2006 04:19:47
From: Artarius
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Here in Houston we have a local pool supply that touts 'free water analysis'
on a sign on the storefront.
"Spitzbuben" <redrump21@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1158975290.096551.35080@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> try to google your public works dept for your county. If you have a
> well (most likely not in FL) your totally out of luck. If you are
> losing sleep over your water you can check out companys to send water
> away and get an analysis on. It's about 15-20 bucks, but you get
> everything you could want to know about it. especially lead....
>
> You could also just get luck and see if someone else has posted it on
> this forum....
>
> hope this helps!
>
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Date: 22 Sep 2006 10:49:12
From: shagster9
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Spitzbuben wrote:
> So I live in Chicago... It took me FOREVER to find my water profile
> online... leave it to city to make miles or red tape just to find out
> the Mg level in my water...
>
> So here is what I got:
>
> Ca:32.5
> Mg:11
> Na:7
> SO4:27
> Cl:14
> HCO3:65
>
> Does that sound right?
>
> Also, I filter my water... It's just a PUR water filter that attachs
> to the faucet... I can't afford the under the counter filters, but my
> question is, how does the filtering change the composition of the
> water? The pH?
>
> You guys have never let me down in your answers! Thanks so much!
What's the easiest way to find these numbers out? I'm not in Chicago,
but Florida.
Thanks!
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Date: 23 Sep 2006 05:48:31
From: Spitzbuben
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Absolutly... but... man to they use the clorine!!!!
Dick Adams wrote:
> Chicago water is probably the cleanest water in the States!
>
> Dick
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 21:15:08
From: Spitzbuben
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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I'm very framiliar with Marengo I'm frequently out near Genoa and
Dekalb. Most of the homes out there that have wells are on a
softener... I assume you are too? Do you filter your water? what
changes did you make in you brewing procedure??? I've often thought
about brewing a pale with the water out there... I thought it might
fit... I just wish that I could get ride of the sulfur before brewing...
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 22:49:19
From: Jack Schmidling
Subject: Re: Chicago water, filtering, and ProMash Water experts NEEDED!
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Spitzbuben wrote:
> I'm very framiliar with Marengo I'm frequently out near Genoa and
> Dekalb. Most of the homes out there that have wells are on a
> softener... I assume you are too? Do you filter your water?
We have a softener but it is only for gray water use. We filter the
drinking water with some sort of magic filter that lasts about 6 months
and produces water indistinguishable (in flavor) from Chicago water
minus chlorine. I used to use those charcoal filters from the hardware
store but they only last about two weeks before the smell of sulfur
returned.
For brewing, I use it straight from the well.
>what changes did you make in you brewing procedure???
I can't think of anything other than the water.
I do not use a wort chiller and just let it sit overnight to cool
naturally but I think I was already doing that in Chicago.
>I've often thought
> about brewing a pale with the water out there... I thought it might
> fit... I just wish that I could get ride of the sulfur before brewing...
No reason to. It is only a dissolved gas and is long gone before it
even comes to a boil.
There is just something that feels good about using ground water in beer.
js
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