Tristan wrote:
I do not know about the UK, but here in this state they are required
to send out a report of the drinking water parameters quarterly with
all levels of whatever is found in it, as well as what is used or what
problems they encountered with any water supply sources. The also
tellyou from what source the water is being pulled fron, as there are
a few different sources (mainly deep wells or aquifiers) that are used
and on occassion they sometimes pull water from another water
company.

So its easy to see what the water we get has in it, and what levels
are found. Phospates and nitrates are not all that common in this
region as compared to some. When I lived up north heavy metals were a
problem, and lots of locations had high iron contents. Here its almost
non-existent....

On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:57:22 +0000, Gill Passman
wrote:

The other thing I forgot to add is that some water also contains heavy
metals that can also be neutralised by the addition of a water
conditioner....When chosing a water conditioner it is good to check that
it has chlorine, chloramines and heavy metals covered - not all do (or
so I've heard) - a lot of conditioners also contain other stuff which
claim to benefit/promote fish health - don't know if they do or not....

Gill



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Here is a list of US Government standards for water, I often have
tested Nitrates above 25 ppm which this report shows a dangerous to
infants.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html

Carl