Tap water quality in North Kesteven

• TasteOKGood

  Unfiltered tap water

  OK

  Filtered with EcoPro

  Good

• ChlorineHigh quality0.31 mg CL2/lHigh quality0.006 mg CL2/l

  Unfiltered tap water

  High quality

  Filtered with EcoPro

  High quality

  Where the water company reports only total chlorine, that is shown. Total chlorine includes chloramine, which many UK supplies (including London) use for disinfection.

• LimescaleHighLowLimescale inhibitor

  Unfiltered tap water

  High

  Filtered with EcoPro

  Low

  The EcoPro filter contains a limescale inhibitor that stops the water's calcium and magnesium from forming deposits in kettles, coffee machines, taps and pipes. It doesn't remove those minerals, but limescale no longer forms. The hardness measured in your area is in the full parameter list.

• MineralsNot reportedNot reported

  Unfiltered tap water

  Filtered with EcoPro

  TAPP Water EcoPro filters do not remove healthy minerals such as calcium and magnesium, so the mineral content (total dissolved solids, TDS) is the same before and after filtering.

• PathogensDrinkableColiforms detectedHigh quality

  Unfiltered tap water

  Drinkable

  Filtered with EcoPro

  High quality

  Coliform bacteria were detected in some samples during the period. They are an indicator of water quality, not a health limit: the rating is based on E. coli and intestinal enterococci, the health-based parameters. All results are in the full parameter list.

• Heavy metalsDrinkableHigh quality

  Unfiltered tap water

  Drinkable

  Filtered with EcoPro

  High quality

• MicroplasticsNot reportedNot reported

  Unfiltered tap water

  Filtered with EcoPro

  Microplastics have been found in most tap water, although the amount varies. Water companies do not report on microplastics.

• PFASNot reportedNot reported

  Unfiltered tap water

  Filtered with EcoPro

  PFAS in drinking water are covered by Drinking Water Inspectorate guidance to water companies. Where no value appears, the water company has not reported one.

The "Filtered" column shows the estimated result after filtering with TAPP Water EcoPro filters.