alt Hacker Newshttps://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/docume...
has five sampling points at 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
How can I trust any other page on the site, if I check one and it's completely wrong?
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card_zero • today at 2:06 PM
Oh, dammit. Unbookmarks
It was a good concept. Somebody should make it.
What 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.