Guest guest Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 From: natalie_lott Has anyone tested their unfiltered tap water pH straight. I live in NSW, Australia and my tap water has a pH of 7.5, but my filtered water had a pH of 6. I thought that was odd, but I also thought tap water was supposed to be neutral to acidic? ~natalie ==> Hi Nat, I just checked and both my tap water and my carbon filtered water were 5.8 Don't know what this means though. Wonder what the NSW govt puts in the water that's different to what the QLD govt puts in the water? Filippa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 > ==> Hi Nat, I just checked and both my tap water and my carbon filtered water were 5.8 Don't know what this means though. Wonder what the NSW govt puts in the water that's different to what the QLD govt puts in the water? Rain water is fairly acidic too. I would guess that acidic water would be the softer water (i.e. it hasn't come into contact with a lot of magnesium and calcium salts?). -- Heidi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 > > > ==> Hi Nat, I just checked and both my tap water and my carbon filtered water were 5.8 Don't know what this means though. Wonder what the NSW govt puts in the water that's different to what the QLD govt puts in the water? > > Rain water is fairly acidic too. I would guess that acidic water would > be the softer water (i.e. it hasn't come into contact with a lot > of magnesium and calcium salts?). > > -- Heidi > > > >The reason i was questioning it was because I thought that the tap water should be more acidic so, I was surprised at the 7.5 and now even more surprised at your water at 5.8. I did a bit of research on the net- which was hard to find what tap pH should be- and it should be more alkaline because acidic water can be a breeding ground for bugs. But then that contradicts what the water ionisers say because they recommend acidic water for getting rid of bugs. Nat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 I have, but it was a U.S. Government contract, not offshore. It was only oriented towards doing collections for a lab (who would properly analyze it) in addition to spot checks for several kinds of flora (targeted by a very simple kit: fill it, store it, wait two days, check the color. I think it was yellow=bad.) The " lab collection " stuff was more about sterile technique then anything, and it was about four hours of my life I'll never get back. That said, if there is any industry-standard training for this, I would think it would be something included in the marine crew's training--at the very least for your Master's ticket. On the other hand, " qualified " could also be grouped as " capable of reading the instruction card with our commercial test " and I wouldn't think anyone would have a problem with it. Austin On Jul 26, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Nigel Mitton wrote: > Has anybody ever undergone training for testing potable water? > > I refer to, Norwegian Regulation of 4 September 1987 # 860 concerning > Potable Water. 10.3 " The owner shall ensure that at least one person > on > board is qualified for checking the potable water. " > > Nigel > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Further to Nigel's query - Also looking for similar in Glasgow area. 1 or 2 days course with recognised cert. Tony Ewing On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:39:19 -0000, " Nigel Mitton " <mitton_n@...> said: > Has anybody ever undergone training for testing potable water? > > I refer to, Norwegian Regulation of 4 September 1987 # 860 concerning > Potable Water. 10.3 " The owner shall ensure that at least one person on > board is qualified for checking the potable water. " > > Nigel > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 And all I thought you ever did was pass water. Good day Chas. A blast from my past from when I was in SM2 is heading my way on a support vessel. Not sure if you knew Ian Fraser or not, he left T boats in the mid 90's. Kindest regards, Nigel -------------------------------------------------- From: " Chas Sutherland- " <chasboyuk@...> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:20 AM < > Subject: Re: Testing water > Nigel, > Being an ex POMA(SM) I done my fair shar of water sampling and training. > But TBH never heard of any courses outside. > Regards > Chas Sutherland > > > > Testing water > > > Has anybody ever undergone training for testing potable water? > > I refer to, Norwegian Regulation of 4 September 1987 # 860 concerning > Potable Water. 10.3 " The owner shall ensure that at least one person on > board is qualified for checking the potable water. " > > Nigel > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Not happy with your email address?. > Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available > now at http://uk.docs./ymail/new.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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