Rhome, TX tap water
Supplied mostly by City of Rhome, 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
Nitrite (NO₂)
Up to 0.73 ppm (Worth knowing)
Typical 0.22 ppm
Some nitrite shows up in this tap water, which can happen in chloramine systems, and it goes into the tank with each water change.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Nitrate (NO₃)
0.2–2.9 ppm (Low)
Typical 0.5 ppm
Low, so water changes lower your tank's nitrate well.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Water chemistry
General hardness
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
226–263 ppm
Typical 231 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
pH
Supplier's figure7.3–7.6
Typical 7.5
Most community fish do well here. Stable water matters more than the exact number.
From the utility that supplies yours: Walnut Creek SUD, which supplies City of Rhome (2018–2019).
Who supplies Rhome, TX
City of Rhome
Serves 77% of residents · Buys water from Walnut Creek SUD · Chloramine
Sunshine Meadows Water Utility
Serves 14% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · 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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