On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:07:49 -0400, wrote:

Hi,

I just received a water analysis from our well. We live in Ontario, Canada,
this is a new well and we've been using it for about a year and a half with
no problems at all. The water was great, until just about a week ago.
The water has turned salty and metallic tasting. We called our water
softener guy to come and check things out and he said our TDS had gone up
substantially and of course he was right!

My question is, why did our water change so drastically all of a sudden??
What are the chances that it will go back to the way it was??
What will this water cause the way it is now? I doubt I'll be able to use
it to water my gardens outside now?

Well, the EPA standard for primary drinking water is he
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/mcl.html#mcls
although it's for the wrong country.

I'm a little suprised that the report doesn't list
the legal limits alongside the found levels for substances
that have such limits. That's what my water-tests
always say:
"We found this much X, the maximum acceptable limit
is Y. " Right down the list.