From which water source did the pool guys results come from? You stated that your intial results from the test kit were taken direct from the bore pump and that your tanks are 100% rain water at the moment. Just making sure you are compairing apples with apples and not oranges before you throw your test kit away (which I whole heartedly encourage you to do)RichardLavender said:Here are the test results from the pool company who has computerised water testing software.
Total Alkalinity = 96
pH = 6.5
Calcium Hardness = 185
Phosphate = 0.1
Iron = 0.3
Copper = 0.1
Salts = 80 *
* Note our property is located on the land side of the ocean. It has been raining for the past few days (monsoonal downpours)
The above results are pretty damn close to being accurate. Whereas the below test results are from the drinking water kit I purchased. The most important deviation between the test results is the pH reading.
Chloride = 500
Iron = 0
Copper = 0.1
Sulfate = 250
Alkalinity = 8.0
pH between = 4.0 to 5.0
Total Chlorine = 0 (as expected)
Total Hardness = 0
Nitrate = ?
Nitrite = ?
Bacteria = Positive (from tank)
Free Chlorine = 0
H2S = 0
If you're willing I look forward to your observations, suggestions and comments - THANK YOU!
WTF. Surely this is a questionable sales technique. It would have to be a fairly comtaminated test vessel to raise the pH by a magnitude of 5. Exposure to CO2 might reduce the pH, but to raise it would require some doing. Dr Smurto is this even remotely possible or pure B.S. to get $1000 sale.RichardLavender said:Thought I'd post the comment from the sales rep stating that we need to install a calcite filter on the tanks - only $1000.00
G'day , I didn't elaborate earlier that you need to check the pH on site.
pH is super sensitive to change, once you take the sample away from the main body of water the pH will begin to slowly rise.
A lot would depend on the time between taking the sample and when it was tested.
It's good enough to confirm yu do have a pH issue and that's all you realy need to know at this point.
An educated guess would put your real pH (onsite at about 6 pH I would think.
Give the Adelaide lab a call and ask them for prices. Don't worry about the time taken to send it to them, sometimes analytical chemists can be a little anal......RichardLavender said:Just called CSIRO and they do not do water testing here in Cairns. They had me speak with National Association of Testing and they referred me to the lab in Cairns that wants to charge $350.00
It was suggested that I send a 50ml sample to the west coast of AU - I have been told that the samples need to be received within 24 hours of sampling.
From experience the freight and postal service in AU do not understand overnight delivery - even if you pay for it. By the time the sample arrives the test water will be too old for testing.
I'm going in circles and will be taking donations for water testing - kidding
Rauchbier :icon_drool2:DrSmurto said:, but also to remove the smokiness from the rainwater in winter due to ours and all the neighbours, slow combusiton heaters.
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