Well after some further reading and poking around I see this thread should of probably been in the knockbox, but still serves here, sorry moderators.

spiffdude wrote:I'm actually in Montreal near the Atwater market.

If you want, i can send you the speadsheet i used to calculate all this. OR... you can just trust me

PM me if you need more details. I will be out on a business trip for a week so i may respond next week only.

Thank you for your kind offer, but I do not think that will be needed, I do indeed take your word for it (spread sheet). Might pick your brain for other items however, if that is okay.

as for

spiffdude wrote:You might also want to check out Pikolo, Flocon and Cafe St-Henri. All excellent 3rd wave places. I agree with Eric that Myriad is on top.

Maybe run into each other at one of these establishments one day.

Randy G. wrote:I am not a water expert, but here and here

Nice bit of work, thanks for sharing.

Randy G. wrote:A good and affordable way to check the hardness of your water is to use the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Carbonate Test Kit like this one here. This tests for the scale producing elements in the water.

I have ordered some strips thanks.

I just love how fast we can find and absorb information with today's resources.

At a later date I will share which way I head with the type of water used, and might surprise some of you with the reasoning behind it.

I appreciate this forum Thank you all.