Water Testing

Posted September 16, 2018

One of my daughters and I conducted a mini experiment with the water (and other drinks) we had on hand using the TDS meter that came with a filter pitcher and thought I’d share the amusing results.

By Geo-31301616 [CC BY-SA 4.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

All samples were left to obtain temperature equilibrium (21.8 °C) for several hours before being stirred gently prior to testing. In order of total dissolved solids (TDS) in parts per million (ppm):

1Water from Filtered Pitcher
33Ozarka Bottled Water
121Kombucha
164Melted Ice from Fridge
177Water from Fridge
210Tap Water
213Orange Fanta
486Aquarium Water

In GMM fashion, we also ranked them based on taste.

I liked the booch, she preferred the Fanta. :-)