Seguin, TX tap water
Supplied mostly by City of Seguin, 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)
Not detected (Low)
Not detected in testing, so any nitrite in your tank comes from the tank itself.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2017).
Nitrate (NO₃)
Up to 6.2 ppm (Low)
Typical 2.8 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)
79–212 ppm
Typical 189 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
pH
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Who supplies Seguin, TX
City of Seguin
Serves 68% of residents · Lake or river water · Chloramine
Springs Hill SUD
Serves 18% 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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