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Phaedrus
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What is it about UK water that causes naturally high nitrate?
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Hilly
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Most of the nitrates in UK water are leached from agricultural land, its estimated that 70% of nitrates in UK water come from this source.
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I'm sorry your puffer died =( *hug* I hope for your next effort goes well.

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yeh I'm in an agricultural area of Illinois and our tap water is very rusty and has sediment in it and has high nitrates. Letting the water sit for a week and then taking water off the top for the tanks seems to solve the sediment issues, but the nitrate levels still bother me.

For that reason I try to use purchased or 'imported' (from my parent's house in the chicago burbs) water =x

-Pyratt Pete
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