McDonough, GA tap water
Supplied mostly by Henry County Water Authority, plus 1 other utility. Here's what the water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine or chloramine
Utilities here use chlorine or chloramine, depending on which one serves your address. Chlorine slowly gases off from standing water; chloramine doesn't.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Ammonia (with conditioner)
Estimate0.01–0.22 ppm (Low)
Typical 0.11 ppm
This is what a conditioner frees when it breaks the chloramine apart. A cycled filter clears it within a day.
Estimated from the chloramine level Henry County Water Authority reports (2024).
Nitrate (NO₃)
1.8–3.1 ppm (Low)
Typical 2.4 ppm
Low, so water changes lower your tank's nitrate well.
Published by your utility: Henry County Water Authority's 2024 water quality report.
Copper at home taps (first draw)
0.11 ppm (Worth knowing)
The 90th percentile of first-draw samples from homes: water that sat in household pipes for at least six hours.
Shrimp and snails are sensitive to copper. Water that sits in household pipes picks up the most; it drops once the tap has run for a minute.
Published by your utility: Henry County Water Authority's 2024 water quality report.
Chlorine or chloramine at the tap
0–0.9 ppm
Typical 0.5 ppm
At tap levels, chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, shrimp and the bacteria in a filter. Water conditioners are made for this range.
Published by your utility: Henry County Water Authority's 2024 water quality report.
Water chemistry
General hardness
17–51 ppm
Typical 34 ppm
Soft. Good for tetras, rasboras and most shrimp. Livebearers, snails and African cichlids prefer harder water.
Published by your utility: Henry County Water Authority's website.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
pH
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Who supplies McDonough, GA
- 2024 water quality report
Henry County Water Authority
Serves 45% of residents · Lake or river water · Chloramine
Mcdonough
Serves 43% of residents · Lake or river water · Chlorine
Our data comes from public records and is still incomplete. Many utilities don't publish every number, so we're adding more all the time. Your city's range is a starting point: testing your own tap is the only way to know exactly what's in it.
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