Mineral Water Site (Lists mineral contents of many waters)

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Mineral Water Site (Lists mineral contents of many waters)

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I just came across this site that some may find useful in determining the mineral content of different waters from around the world: http://www.mineralwaters.org/


RRM, What exactly constitutes low mineral content in water? Could you provide us with the minimum requirements?

Would this be considered low, moderate or high:

Acidity (PH) 7.3

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 18 mg/l
Calcium (Ca++) 1.3 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 0.6 - 1.2 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 3.8 mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 5.8 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 3.5 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 3.4 mg/l
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Excellent!
Thank you for that very useful link
Seth wrote:Would this be considered low, moderate or high:

Calcium (Ca++) 1.3 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 3.8 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 3.5 mg/l
Yes, thats a low mineral water.
What exactly constitutes low mineral content in water?
Regarding the what range of levels is considered low (to moderate), here are some examples of other low- to moderately-low mineral waters:

Montcalm:
Ca: 3 mg / L
K: 0.4 mg / L
Na: 1.5 mg / L
Cl: 0.6 mg / L

Colorado Springs:
Ca 5.3 mg / L
K: 2.7 mg / L
Na: 0.1 mg / L
Cl: 5.3 mg / L

Aytac:
Ca: 21 mg / L
Na: 2.8 mg / L
Cl: 6.3 mg / L

Volvic:
Ca 9.9 mg / L
K: 5.7 mg / L
Na: 9.4 mg / L
Cl: 8.4 mg / L
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There is a new brand of low-mineral water here in Norway. It is called "Isklar", tastes good, is a little expensive, but not that expensive.

Here is a link to their webpage about the mineral content of Isklar.
They claim it to be very low-mineral. What do you guys think? Is it a good water?

http://isklar.no/htmlsite/facts.html#[/code]
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fictor wrote:There is a new brand of low-mineral water here in Norway. It is called "Isklar", tastes good, is a little expensive, but not that expensive.

Here is a link to their webpage about the mineral content of Isklar.
They claim it to be very low-mineral. What do you guys think? Is it a good water?

http://isklar.no/htmlsite/facts.html#[/code]
It contains less minerals than Volvic. Since that is suppost to be a "good water" according to Wai, I guess this should be too?
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thats exactly what I thought, Iris. That and the fact that they use the low mineral content as a way of advertising their product.
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Yes, exactly!
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How do these sound?


No gas (CO2) 0.002 g/
Acidity (PH) 7.2

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 29 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 1 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 1.7 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 0.6 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 0.6 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 3.4 mg/l
Hardness °F 2 °F
Conductivity 39.7 µS/cm


Name or Place of Source: Levissima. Valdisotto
Much gas (CO2) frizzante
Little gas (CO2) 0.00137 g/l
Acidity (PH) 7.8

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 75.5 mg/l
Calcium (Ca++) 19.5 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 1.7 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 1.8 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 1.7 mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 56.8 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 0.3 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 13.7 mg/l
Fluoride (F-) 0.2 mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 1.6 mg/l
Silica (SiO2) 5.7 mg/l
Conductivity 123.5 µS/cm
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Yes, they are both ok.
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From a different thread:
Goldrandy wrote: I live in Stockholm, and I couldn't find any of the waters that were listed in the book (Volvic, Montcalm etc.), but I did find a Norwegian one that is called "Imsdal". Here is what it contains:

mg/L
Calcium/Ca - 9,9
Sodium/Na - 0,9
Potassium/K - 0,5
Magnesium/Mg - 0,4
Bicarbonate/HCO3 - 31,2
Sulfat/SO4 - 2,9
Chloride/Cl - 0,6
Silisium/SiO2 - 7,0

pH: 7,5

Is this a low-mineral water?
Yes, its perfect.
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I have a bit of trouble here, all the bottled drinking water here is either natural spring water, evian glacier water, and reverse osmosis demineralized water sold from the giants coca-cola and pepsi, aquafina and dasani. This is what I been using to clean my face.. which I now know have a high mineral content although advertised as demineralized.

Aquafina
Acidity (PH) 7

Calcium (Ca++) 35 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 22 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 11 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 4 mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 46 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 71 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 8 mg/l


I actually recall seeing this brand Fiji around which is about double the price.


Acidity (PH) 7.5

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 210 mg/l
Calcium (Ca++) 17 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 13 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 18 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 4.9 mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 146 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 4.8 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 1.3 mg/l
Fluoride (F-) 0.29 mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 0.62 mg/l
Silica (SiO2) 85 mg/l
Hardness 132
Conductivity 278 µS/cm

I guess I'll keep my eyes open too see what I can find.

Also I guess I was never 100% Wai then if this is what I been cleaning my face with...? so how much of an issue is this then, I guess it depends on the individual.
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waipete wrote: Also I guess I was never 100% Wai then if this is what I been cleaning my face with...?
It may have had some impact, but not that much, i think,
since the contents are not that radical.
so how much of an issue is this then, I guess it depends on the individual.
Yes, it depends indeed.
Its just that the low mineral waters are safe, and the others may cause (some) adverse effects, or not.
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Thanks RRM,

So which water would you prefer? the aquafina with more significantly more chloride and calcium, or the fiji with 61% more sodium?
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I would mix demineralized water with both aquatina and fiji.
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Fiji
Acidity (PH) 7.5

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 210 mg/l
Calcium (Ca++) 17 mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 13 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 18 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 4.9 mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 146 mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 4.8 mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 1.3 mg/l
Fluoride (F-) 0.29 mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 0.62 mg/l
Silica (SiO2) 85 mg/l
Hardness 132
Conductivity 278 µS/cm
Actually this site is wrong, in this case. The bottle lists it's contents and this is the difference it lists.
Fiji
Acidity (PH) 7.8
Calcium (Ca++) 15mg/l
Magnesium (Mg++) 14 mg/l
Sodium (Na+) 13mg/l
Potassium (K+) 4mg/l
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 152mg/l
Chloride (Cl-) 9mg/l
Sulphate (SO4--) 3mg/l
Fluoride (F-) 0mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 1mg/l
Silica (SiO2) 94 mg/l


This is good news for me.
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Creating Low Mineral Water

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Can we mix half a gallon of spring water with half a gallon of distilled water to create low mineral water. Thanks
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