The Elmvale water was tested by one of our applicants and now contributor to the program, Marc from Cookstown. Beside each picture is a description of Marc’s findings.

Pic 1 is a test result for Free Chlorine in the water and it came back as 0 ppm which is perfect. Test was done by swirling a swab stick into the water for 30 seconds and matching the colour result to the colour code on the bottle. 

Pic 2 is a test result for Total Chloramines which is monochloramines and free chlorine and came back perfect again at 0 ppm. Test was done by swirling a swap stick for 15 seconds and waiting 30 seconds to then match the colour result to the colour codes on the bottle. 

Pics 3 is a test result for water hardness. The test came back positive for manganese (calcium was not tested but is assumed is in the water). The test was done by adding a reacting agent powder to the water which detects the manganese ions and turns the water pink to identify as water is hard.

Pics 4 is the results of testing how hard the water is in Grains per Gallons. The result is 10-11 drops of Titrant Solution was needed to turn the water soft (deep blue liquid). 1 drop equals to 1 Grain per Gallon therefore the water was 10-11 GPG hard. This is comparable to city water but it less than deep well water and is safe to drink and in fact healthy! I was surprised it was this low. I was thinking it would be around 20-30 GPG.  

So upon conclusion of these test, we have determined the water to be free of chlorine and hard without being to hard.

As an avid tea maker myself, I knew the water would be hard based on the calcification at the bottom of my kettle. So to confirm it is not overly hard is great assurance and reminds me of how thankful I am to have such exceptional water close to home. Let’s count our blessings and once again thank Marc from Cookstown for taking the time to test this water in house for us.

Cheers mate.

Sincerely

Joseph