New Grower Question about using tap water

[BknBits]

So while I'm waiting for my beans to arrive, I'm trying to get as prepared as possible for this first grow. I am going to have to use tapwater for this grow as I'm not going to have a lot of extra dough to poor into other options this time around. I know to let it sit for a day to evaporate most of the chlorine out of the water, but I am still a bit concerned. Our city water isn't of the best quality. The college that is here actually has ran tests on it in their chemistry department and a lot of the students are straight up saying not to drink it without major filtration. (Scary, right?)

Any advice on what I can do to improve it's quality a bit? I plan on filtering it at the very least with a drinking water filter before use.

 

[evol]

Get a boogie blue filter. They are about $50 and work very well. They actually hook up to a garden hose though.
If you dont have a hose you can find filters at wal mart for around the same price.
Your best option is an ro filter but they can be expensive.

 

[BknBits]

Get a boogie blue filter. They are about $50 and work very well. They actually hook up to a garden hose though.
If you dont have a hose you can find filters at wal mart for around the same price.
Your best option is an ro filter but they can be expensive.

Yeah I looked at the RO filters ;-; too much for me right now. I'll check out walmart and see what I can find. If I had to i suppose I could run a hose from the sink to the grow area

 

[White Punk on Dope]

While at the Mart buy a $7 air pump and a stone and bubble your water for 24 hours. This will rid your tap water of chlorine and provide oxygen to your roots.

 

[BknBits]

While at the Mart buy a $7 air pump and a stone and bubble your water for 24 hours. This will rid your tap water of chlorine and provide oxygen to your roots.

Thanks for the suggestion! I was reading last night about that. That was actually going to be my next question! You psychic or somethin? ( )

 

[oldster]

Welcome to AFN Bkn, looks like you have already received some good advice. Do you know what is in your water that is causing concern? How about telling folks about your planned setup. Happy Growing

 

[BknBits]

Welcome to AFN Bkn, looks like you have already received some good advice. Do you know what is in your water that is causing concern? How about telling folks about your planned setup. Happy Growing

I will be growing in soil. I am going to use the "Grow @ Lowe's" setup described in wg's thread I will have 2 x 2gal smart pots under a 125w cfl for veg and a 200w for flower. I plan on purchasing the 200w 2700k bulb after I get the grow started. Will get some smaller clfs for side and supplemental lighting. This will be inside of a rigged cardboard fridge box for the first couple weeks until I can purchase a grow tent. I am going to at least paint the inside of the box white until I can get the tent. Will have one small exhaust fan for starters. A good fan, duct, and carbon filter will be purchased along with the tent before I go into full flowering. Strain this time is Dark Devil As this thread states I will be using tapwater. I have ph up and ph down already. I think I'm ready to go other than waiting on beans!

Edit: As for what's in the water, I will ask my buddy from the chemistry department and get back to you guys. :smoke:

 

[evol]

Bubbling the water will get rid of chlorine but there's a debate on whether or not it will remove chloramine..at least not without 10 or more days of bubbling. Also it may not get rid of any other chemicals that may be in your water. A filter is your best bet.

I have also used spring water before and it worked well. It just sucks to fill all the jugs every week..

 

[Grey Bear]

I love most municipal water!
Why? You ask.
Because it has been treated to remove most pathogens that are harmful to man, beast and plant.
But isn't what they treat it with harmful to those same things?
Yes, in large enough concentrations and depending on the chemical.

Chlorine- great antiseptic- offgasses under most conditions within 24hours

Chloramine- Chlorine attached to ammonia combines to form chloramine, a longer lasting antiseptic. Does not offgas, but must be broken down, either chemically or naturally to break the bond between the chlorine and ammonia, resulting in the chlorine offgassing and the ammonia being consumed by microbes in the nitrogen cycle.

In general there is regular on going testing to insure those chemicals are within safe ranges.
Drinking most municipalities water, a person would succumb to water toxicity long before they could ingest enough for the antiseptics to be harmful in anyway.

 

[faded187]

so if you use bottled r/o water, does it have chlorine or chloramine? or both.lol