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https://www.waterdictionary.net/water/edinburgh https://www.waterdictionary.net/water/edinburgh > Edinburgh water is hard, with notably high sulphate No it is
by amiga386 5mo ago
https://www.waterdictionary.net/water/edinburgh https://www.waterdictionary.net/water/edinburgh
> Edinburgh water is hard, with notably high sulphate
No it isn't. Where did they get this?
> Calcium 100 mg/L Magnesium 20 mg/L Hardness: 332 as CaCO₃
Actual data: https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/-/media/scottishwater/document-hub/key-publications/water-quality/130225waterhardnessdata24.pdf https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/-/media/scottishwater/docume...
has five sampling points at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencorse_Reservoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencorse_Reservoir (Edinburgh's drinking water supply)
Zone Ca mg/l Mg mg/l CaCO₃ mg/l Hardness
Glencorse A 10.04 1.31 30.44 Soft
Glencorse B 10.36 1.36 31.44 Soft
Glencorse C 10.04 1.35 30.60 Soft
Glencorse D 10.16 1.35 30.90 Soft
Glencorse E 10.06 1.34 30.61 Soft
They're wrong by a factor of 10 to 20.
How can I trust any other page on the site, if I check one and it's completely wrong?
- card_zero 5mo agoOh, dammit. Unbookmarks It was a good concept. Somebody should make it.
- jmstach 5mo agoWhat it's showing is the water profile historically associated with brewing Edinburgh and Scottish ales, rather than Edinburgh's current tap water profile. But yeah, it should be much more clear about this.