Re: [GSAS-Member] Spring Water Weirdness???

[macker <macker@gmail.com>]

Thats correct, from one of the two reservoirs ... I talked to the city about
this when I was having hardness issues with my water/waterplants. I think
they said the cutoff was one side or the other of the bridge that connects
the UW, on 24th.

That being said, I haven't noticed anything unusual in capitol hill.

- macker

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Bryan Nielsen <brynielsen@gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe that Seattle gets it's water from the Cedar River or Tolt
> Reservoirs depending on if you are north or south of Lake Union.  I
> haven't noticed anything different but my first thought was some sort
> of bloom as well that could trigger a change.
>
> Bryan Nielsen
>
>
> On May 20, 2009, at 8:06 PM, matt kaufman wrote:
>
> >
> > City water can certainly change. I don't know how Seattle does it,
> > but most municipalities buy water from cooperatives who get it from
> > suppliers, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > How do you condition your water before water changes? Sometimes,
> > cities will increase the amount of chloramine in response to changes
> > in weather (warmer weather->more bacteria->raise the chloramine
> > level), etc. This is why some people use RO/DI to get rid of
> > 'everything' and make up their own water, especially in sensitive
> > systems like reefs.
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: pentium0@gmail.com
> >> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:33:39 -0700
> >> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> >> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Spring Water Weirdness???
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Anyone else noticing unexplained weirdness with their water lately?
> >> Like, wondering if it could be from changes in the water from the
> >> city?
> >>
> >> My 90gallon with:
> >> 3 adult discus
> >> 12 Kuhli loach
> >> 5 cory
> >> 2 checkerboard (small) cichlids
> >>
> >> is having a mysterious bloom of free-floating algae, which water
> >> changes haven't been able to clear up yet. The discus have had some
> >> light ich lately, and a checkerboard cichlid died all of a sudden.
> >>
> >> thanks for any thoughts
> >>
> >> - Adam
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