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NRO WATER PLANT
RAW, FINISHED & DISTRIBUTED ANALYSIS

Raw Water: Well water before any treatment
Finished Water: Product water immediately down stream of the RO process
Distributed Water: Product water after it has left our 5 MG storage tank.


July 2008
CHEMICAL WELL 
WATER
RAW 
FINISHED
WATER 
QUALITY
DISTRIBUTED
WATER 
QUALITY
MCL
P-Alkalinity as CaCO3, mg/l 0 0 0 N/A
Total Alkalinity as CaCO3, mg/l 280 40 26 N/A
Bicarbonate as HCO3, mg/l 341.46 48.78 31.71 N/A
Carbonate as CO3, mg/l 0 0 0 N/A
Hydroxide as OH, mg/l 0 0 0 N/A
Total Hardness as CaCO3, mg/l 600 40 40 150*
Calcium Hardness as CaCO3, mg/l 280 28 24 N/A
Magnesium as CaCO3, mg/l 320 12 16 N/A
Calcium as Ca, mg/l 56 2 2.4 60.0*
Color, C.U. (Color Units) 32 2 1 15*
Silica as SiO2, mg/l 18.1 5.4 3.2 N/A
Conductivity as µS/cm 8500 520 515 N/A
Iron, Fe mg/l 0.425 0.04 0.034 0.300*
Potassium, K, mg/l 5.21 0.98 0.91 N/A
Copper, Cu, mg/l < 0.070 <0.070 < 0.070 1.300^
Manganese, Mn mg/l 0.053 0.01 0.08 0.050*
Phosphate as PO4, mg/l 0.584 1.051 0.991 5.00*
Chloride as Cl2, mg/l 2650 200 200 250.0*
Fluoride, F, mg/l 0.28 1.14 1.11 2.00*
4.00^
Nitrate as NO3, mg/l 0.71 0.009 0.004 10.00^
Zinc as Zn, mg/l 0.081 0.730 0.303 5.000*
Chlorine (free CL2), mg/l 0.00 1.32 0.43 0.20@
4.00^
Lead as Pb, mg/l < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.015^
Corrosiveness 0.42 -0.59 -0.64 N/A
pH 7.90 7.99 8.01 6.5-8.5#
pHs 7.48 8.58 8.65 N/A
Turbidity, NTU 1.17 0.25 0.11 1.0^
Total Suspended Solids, mg/l 1.9 0.4 0.1 N/A
Total Dissolved Solids, mg/l 4300 320 315 500*
Sulfate as SO4, mg/l 231.00 10.82 7.83 250.0*
Sodium as Na, mg/l (est.) 1285.59 127.66 111.83 250.00^
Sulfide as S, mg/l 0 0 0 N/A

MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level    mg/L - Milligrams Per Liter   N/A - Not Available/No Limit

*Recommended Maximum      @ Mandatory Minimum       ^Mandatory Maximum      # Mandatory Range

Click for an explanation of each of these tests
Page last updated August 2008

 

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